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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAL CARE."
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description: "This Act ensures pregnant women and women who have given birth within the past six weeks who are subject to the custody of the Department of Corrections at Level IV or V have access to midwifery and doula services by requiring the Department to make reasonable accommodations for provision of available midwifery or doula services. This Act requires the Department to establish and provide midwifery services subject to the availability of funds designated for that purpose. This Act also requires the Department to provide written notice to pregnant and postpartum women subject to the custody of the Department at Level IV or V of the availability of midwifery and doula services."
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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 345"
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citation: "Delaware HB 345 (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", "Darius J. Brown", "Debra Heffernan", "Marie Pinkney", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-03-16"
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last_action: "2022-07-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76fe12bc-2e93-43ce-b8ad-fef98b369371"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79246"
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source_hash: "90539fda56ee9fcb1f7858c55c52938a54b66591db1e8630159ebc37af4b587f"
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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 345 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAL CARE.
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This Act ensures pregnant women and women who have given birth within the past six weeks who are subject to the custody of the Department of Corrections at Level IV or V have access to midwifery and doula services by requiring the Department to make reasonable accommodations for provision of available midwifery or doula services. This Act requires the Department to establish and provide midwifery services subject to the availability of funds designated for that purpose. This Act also requires the Department to provide written notice to pregnant and postpartum women subject to the custody of the Department at Level IV or V of the availability of midwifery and doula services.
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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=79246&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB345)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — 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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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — 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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- **2022-03-16** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-18** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-05-19** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-09** Amendment HA 1 to HB 345 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2022-06-16** Amendment HA 1 to HB 345 - Stricken in House
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- **2022-06-16** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2022-06-16** 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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- **2022-06-29** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-30** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `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/76fe12bc-2e93-43ce-b8ad-fef98b369371`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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