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

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE RIGHTS OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY RESIDENTS.	This Act expands the rights of long-term care facility residents by ensuring that long-term care facility residents are entitled to care that recognizes cultural differences and preferences and that long-term care facility residents are made aware of their rights in a language and format that is accessible to the resident. This Act also requires the Department of Health and Social Services to prepare a standardized notice listing all rights detailed in § 1121 of Title 16 in a language and format that is accessible to each resident or their authorized representative.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 152	Delaware SB 152 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend David L. Wilson 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 Ruth Briggs King S. Elizabeth Lockman Sean Matthews Sherry Dorsey Walker Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby William Bush	1	7	2	2023-06-01	2023-09-11	openstates	ocd-bill/a2087ea4-60f8-4af0-8821-175fed049c28	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140474	5e2c28f16dfce0de5354b6a4017f64905340ec72a11aa23ab2af0231a05b7230	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 152 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE RIGHTS OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY RESIDENTS.

This Act expands the rights of long-term care facility residents by ensuring that long-term care facility residents are entitled to care that recognizes cultural differences and preferences and that long-term care facility residents are made aware of their rights in a language and format that is accessible to the resident. This Act also requires the Department of Health and Social Services to prepare a standardized notice listing all rights detailed in § 1121 of Title 16 in a language and format that is accessible to each resident or their authorized representative.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 38–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — 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)
• Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-01 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-07 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-15 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2023-06-16 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 6 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-27 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2023-09-11 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a2087ea4-60f8-4af0-8821-175fed049c28. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).