republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-344.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BIAS TRAINING FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS.	This substitute bill places responsibility for development of bias and cultural competency training for healthcare employees in a subcommittee of the Delaware Perinatal Quality Collaborative. The subcommittee will develop training guidelines designed for use in all healthcare fields and shall release the initial guidelines by July 1, 2023. The subcommittee will review data every year thereafter and revise the guidelines as necessary.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 344	Delaware HB 344 (151)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Debra Heffernan Melissa Minor-Brown S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Sherry Dorsey Walker	1	7	2	2022-06-15	2022-07-25	openstates	ocd-bill/cb8a8a07-58e2-4c97-a58d-f4201bb0e93e	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129729	dc5219cc425057f6b7b6844c54923e824ade2d2de035f9033a4fbb3de22105d3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 344 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BIAS TRAINING FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS.

This substitute bill places responsibility for development of bias and cultural competency training for healthcare employees in a subcommittee of the Delaware Perinatal Quality Collaborative. The subcommittee will develop training guidelines designed for use in all healthcare fields and shall release the initial guidelines by July 1, 2023. The subcommittee will review data every year thereafter and revise the guidelines as necessary.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3/5 — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 15–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-06-15 Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 344, and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 3 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-28 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2022-06-28 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-29 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO passage
• 2022-07-25 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb8a8a07-58e2-4c97-a58d-f4201bb0e93e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).