republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-184.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE NEWBORN SCREENING PROGRAM.	This Act reduces the time frame to obtain a blood specimen from newborn infants from 72 hours to 24 to 48 hours after birth for screening for metabolic, hematologic, endocrinologic, immunologic and certain structural disorders. It also requires that blood specimens be destroyed once screening and testing is complete including confirmation of any diagnosis. It also provides that the Division of Public Health provide abnormal results only to the physician of record. It also requires all fees collected from newborn screening to be used to defray operating expenses associated with the Newborn Screening Program and for programs to ensure optimal health and development across the lifespan of the maternal and child health population. Finally, the Act makes several technical corrections consistent with the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 184	Delaware HB 184 (151)	bill		enacted	David Bentz Sarah McBride	1	8	2	2021-05-13	2021-09-15	openstates	ocd-bill/60280a89-766f-4684-afe9-c1b717903f8b	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68700	be395092105e9503567d2bd6f0cb2a8bc8d248ca3d247224e22ca66008c1c365	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 184 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE NEWBORN SCREENING PROGRAM.

This Act reduces the time frame to obtain a blood specimen from newborn infants from 72 hours to 24 to 48 hours after birth for screening for metabolic, hematologic, endocrinologic, immunologic and certain structural disorders. It also requires that blood specimens be destroyed once screening and testing is complete including confirmation of any diagnosis. It also provides that the Division of Public Health provide abnormal results only to the physician of record. It also requires all fees collected from newborn screening to be used to defray operating expenses associated with the Newborn Screening Program and for programs to ensure optimal health and development across the lifespan of the maternal and child health population. Finally, the Act makes several technical corrections consistent with the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David Bentz — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2021-05-13 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-09 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 6 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-12 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2021-06-17 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2021-06-17 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-22 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-24 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-09-15 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/60280a89-766f-4684-afe9-c1b717903f8b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).