republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-13.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16 AND 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HOSPITAL QUALITY ASSESSMENTS AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A HOSPITAL QUALITY AND HEALTH EQUITY FUND AND HOSPITAL QUALITY AND HEALTH EQUITY ASSESSMENT COMMISSION.	Healthcare facility assessments are currently the second largest source of funding for states’ shares of Medicaid costs, behind general funds. Today, 49 states have at least one facility assessment in place, including Delaware, while 34 states and Washington D.C. have 3 or more provider taxes. Delaware is one of only 6 states without a facility assessment on hospitals, causing the state to miss out on critical Medicaid funding that most states are already able to access.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 13	Delaware SB 13 (152)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Cyndie Romer David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski Eric Morrison Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Kerri Evelyn Harris Laura V. Sturgeon Marie Pinkney Nicole Poore Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Sean Matthews Spiros Mantzavinos Valerie Jones Giltner	2	9	3	2024-05-23	2024-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/a69b6185-ab5b-4d58-bfaf-2e62ef17143b	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141472	e60f9c8603b7e083b8e33853f554c7bd78e1d161ffc57b1ea41ebb255e1bf7ce	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 13 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16 AND 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HOSPITAL QUALITY ASSESSMENTS AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A HOSPITAL QUALITY AND HEALTH EQUITY FUND AND HOSPITAL QUALITY AND HEALTH EQUITY ASSESSMENT COMMISSION.

Healthcare facility assessments are currently the second largest source of funding for states’ shares of Medicaid costs, behind general funds. Today, 49 states have at least one facility assessment in place, including Delaware, while 34 states and Washington D.C. have 3 or more provider taxes. Delaware is one of only 6 states without a facility assessment on hospitals, causing the state to miss out on critical Medicaid funding that most states are already able to access.

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 SS 1 for SB 13 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Valerie Jones Giltner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-05-23 was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 13 introduction
• 2024-05-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-06-06 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-18 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 2 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-27 Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-06-30 Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2024-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-10-01 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a69b6185-ab5b-4d58-bfaf-2e62ef17143b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).