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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BIAS TRAINING FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS."
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description: "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."
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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 344"
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citation: "Delaware HB 344 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Debra Heffernan", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-06-15"
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last_action: "2022-07-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb8a8a07-58e2-4c97-a58d-f4201bb0e93e"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129729"
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source_hash: "dc5219cc425057f6b7b6844c54923e824ade2d2de035f9033a4fbb3de22105d3"
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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 344 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BIAS TRAINING FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS.
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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.
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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=129729&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS2forHB344)
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## Votes
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- 3/5 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **15–6** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-06-15** Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 344, and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 3 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-28** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2022-06-28** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2022-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `passage`
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- **2022-07-25** 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/cb8a8a07-58e2-4c97-a58d-f4201bb0e93e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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