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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE HEALTH CARE COMMISSION."
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description: "This Act establishes a Health Care Provider Loan Repayment Program for new primary care providers to be administered by the Delaware Health Care Commission. Under the loan repayment program, the Health Care Commission may award education loan repayment grants to new primary care providers of up to $50,000 per year for a maximum of 4 years. Priority consideration may be given to DIMER-participating students and participants in Delaware based residency programs. Sites eligible to apply for grants on behalf of their new primary care providers must be located in underserved areas or areas of need and must accept Medicare and Medicaid participants. Grants to hospital sites must be matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the applicant hospital and the disbursement of grants from the program is contingent upon an initial, one-time contribution to the Health Care Provider Loan Repayment Program, in an amount Fiscal Year 21 appropriation of State funds up to a maximum of $1 million, from Delaware health insurers. This Act also provides that the Delaware Healthcare Commission may award Health Care Provider Repayment grants on a prorated annual basis."
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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 48"
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citation: "Delaware HB 48 (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 W. Shupe", "David Bentz", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "Nicole Poore", "Sarah McBride", "William Bush"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-01-07"
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last_action: "2021-08-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e296634-76dd-4e64-8bdf-95071d829089"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48246"
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source_hash: "913cb9862819c82303ee2af50ab35f3d4216012a6343a90373bf4208e0f774c5"
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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 48 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE HEALTH CARE COMMISSION.
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This Act establishes a Health Care Provider Loan Repayment Program for new primary care providers to be administered by the Delaware Health Care Commission. Under the loan repayment program, the Health Care Commission may award education loan repayment grants to new primary care providers of up to $50,000 per year for a maximum of 4 years. Priority consideration may be given to DIMER-participating students and participants in Delaware based residency programs. Sites eligible to apply for grants on behalf of their new primary care providers must be located in underserved areas or areas of need and must accept Medicare and Medicaid participants. Grants to hospital sites must be matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the applicant hospital and the disbursement of grants from the program is contingent upon an initial, one-time contribution to the Health Care Provider Loan Repayment Program, in an amount Fiscal Year 21 appropriation of State funds up to a maximum of $1 million, from Delaware health insurers. This Act also provides that the Delaware Healthcare Commission may award Health Care Provider Repayment grants on a prorated annual basis.
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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=48246&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB48)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 48** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=48282&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
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- David Bentz — primary (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Charles S Postles Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-07** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-13** Amendment HA 1 to HB 48 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-01-21** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-11** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-04** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-10** Amendment HA 1 to HB 48 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-06-10** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2021-06-10** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-17** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-22** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-23** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2021-06-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-08-10** 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/2e296634-76dd-4e64-8bdf-95071d829089`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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