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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16, 24, AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES. This Act expands the qualifications for the Director of the Division of Public health to include non-physician professionals. It also allows for the Director to appoint a physician or advanced practice registered nurse in certain instances where that level of medical expertise is required to fulfill duties assigned to the Director. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 152 HB 243 Delaware HB 243 (152)
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Delaware HB 243 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16, 24, AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES.

This Act expands the qualifications for the Director of the Division of Public health to include non-physician professionals. It also allows for the Director to appoint a physician or advanced practice registered nurse in certain instances where that level of medical expertise is required to fulfill duties assigned to the Director.

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 243 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 240 (pass) · lower
  • SM — 210 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
  • Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-06-21 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2023-06-23 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 10 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2023-06-29 Amendment HA 1 to HB 243 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
  • 2023-06-29 Amendment HA 1 to HB 243 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
  • 2023-06-29 Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 17 ABSENT passage
  • 2023-06-29 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2023-06-30 Suspension of Rules in Senate
  • 2023-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
  • 2023-07-17 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/89021edd-e3f9-437f-acc4-0fa8dad14511. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).