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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ADULT CORRECTION HEALTHCARE REVIEW COMMITTEE."
description: "This Act makes permanent and temporary changes to the Adult Correction Healthcare Review Committee (\"ACHRC\") which is a committee that serves in an advisory capacity to the Governor, General Assembly and the Commissioner of the Department of Correction on all matters relating to the provision of inmate health care services. The permanent changes include adding to ACHRC a healthcare professional who by virtue of the professional's training, education, and specialization hold expertise in correctional health and allowing either a psychiatrist or forensic psychologist to serve as a member."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 7"
citation: "Delaware HB 7 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marie Pinkney", "Melissa Minor-Brown"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f570e9d8-6a75-4f7d-af4a-e424f454f8b0"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48441"
source_hash: "f60ad011faced45ea556829152f520ac88759d6b319deb1d3564983d371dff4b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware HB 7 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ADULT CORRECTION HEALTHCARE REVIEW COMMITTEE.
This Act makes permanent and temporary changes to the Adult Correction Healthcare Review Committee ("ACHRC") which is a committee that serves in an advisory capacity to the Governor, General Assembly and the Commissioner of the Department of Correction on all matters relating to the provision of inmate health care services. The permanent changes include adding to ACHRC a healthcare professional who by virtue of the professional's training, education, and specialization hold expertise in correctional health and allowing either a psychiatrist or forensic psychologist to serve as a member.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=48441&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB7)
2. **HA 1 to HB 7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=78919&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
3. **SA 1 to HB 7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=78769&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
## Votes
- SM — **200** (pass) · upper
- SM — **400** (pass) · lower
- 3/5 — **410** (pass) · lower
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-09** Introduced and Assigned to Corrections Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections) in House with 6 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-23** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2021-04-29** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-03** Amendment SA 1 to HB 7 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-06-08** Amendment SA 1 to HB 7 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 3 NO 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2021-06-15** Amendment HA 1 to HB 7 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-06-17** Amendment HA 1 to HB 7 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-17** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2021-06-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2021-09-17** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f570e9d8-6a75-4f7d-af4a-e424f454f8b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).