republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-204.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TEMPORARY STAFFING AGENCIES SERVING LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.	This bill grants authority to the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) to adopt regulations related to the operation of temporary staffing agencies that staff temporary nurses and other staff positions in long-term care facilities in the State and assigns oversight within DHSS to the Division of Health Care Quality. The bill requires temporary staffing agencies to (1) register annually with the Division of Health Care Quality; (2) validate the qualifications of all provided staff provided; (3) maintain records of all provided staff’s credentials, job requirements, and required immunizations; and (4) provide all such records upon request to DHSS and to the long-term care facility where the employee is placed. The bill also requires temporary staffing agencies to report annually to DHSS regarding various factors, including its employee placements, costs charged to long-term care facilities, and wages paid to temporary staff.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 204	Delaware HB 204 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Eric Morrison John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Nicole Poore Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable Ruth Briggs King S. Elizabeth Lockman Sherry Dorsey Walker Spiros Mantzavinos	3	12	3	2023-06-06	2024-09-19	openstates	ocd-bill/d5dac7c6-e39a-421c-8c48-6f0bf7d42c2e	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140519	f0295feaae70be6dcdeb287f959c8ad24e94fa0e29cb7037a509b1506547362d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 204 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TEMPORARY STAFFING AGENCIES SERVING LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.

This bill grants authority to the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) to adopt regulations related to the operation of temporary staffing agencies that staff temporary nurses and other staff positions in long-term care facilities in the State and assigns oversight within DHSS to the Division of Health Care Quality. The bill requires temporary staffing agencies to (1) register annually with the Division of Health Care Quality; (2) validate the qualifications of all provided staff provided; (3) maintain records of all provided staff’s credentials, job requirements, and required immunizations; and (4) provide all such records upon request to DHSS and to the long-term care facility where the employee is placed. The bill also requires temporary staffing agencies to report annually to DHSS regarding various factors, including its employee placements, costs charged to long-term care facilities, and wages paid to temporary staff.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to HB 204 (committee substitute) — source
3. SA 1 to HB 204 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3/5 — 39–0 (pass) · lower
• 3/5 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• 3/5 — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-06 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-04-17 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 1 Favorable, 10 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-09 Amendment HA 1 to HB 204 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-16 Amendment HA 1 to HB 204 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-05-16 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2024-05-16 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-18 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-21 Amendment SA 1 to HB 204 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-06-25 Amendment SA 1 to HB 204 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2024-06-25 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-06-26 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-09-19 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d5dac7c6-e39a-421c-8c48-6f0bf7d42c2e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).