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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE NEWBORN SCREENING PROGRAM."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 184"
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citation: "Delaware HB 184 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David Bentz", "Sarah McBride"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-05-13"
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last_action: "2021-09-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60280a89-766f-4684-afe9-c1b717903f8b"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68700"
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source_hash: "be395092105e9503567d2bd6f0cb2a8bc8d248ca3d247224e22ca66008c1c365"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 184 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE NEWBORN SCREENING PROGRAM.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=68700&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB184)
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## Votes
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David Bentz — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-05-13** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-09** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 6 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-12** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2021-06-17** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2021-06-17** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-22** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-24** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-09-15** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60280a89-766f-4684-afe9-c1b717903f8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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