republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/sb-213.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HOSPITAL BUDGET REVIEW.	The Hospital Budget Review Act, House Substitute No. 2 to House Bill No. 350 (152nd General Assembly), enacted in 2024, ("HB 350") created the Diamond State Hospital Cost Review Board (“Board”) in an effort to bring greater transparency and accountability to hospital spending in Delaware. HB 350 requires hospitals to submit their budgets to the Board annually, disclose financial and operational information, and comply with the State’s healthcare spending benchmark. HB 350 also authorizes the Board to prospectively approve or modify hospital budgets and imposes penalties for non-compliance.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	SB 213	Delaware SB 213 (153)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski Josue O Ortega Kerri Evelyn Harris Trey Paradee	1	9	2	2025-12-30	2026-01-30	openstates	ocd-bill/99e9a953-1734-4990-8315-9d9195e63812	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142741	53b91cc1ece1a3e2f4cab443519a19ba82a996a812958515b2007df5e601781c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 213 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HOSPITAL BUDGET REVIEW.

The Hospital Budget Review Act, House Substitute No. 2 to House Bill No. 350 (152nd General Assembly), enacted in 2024, ("HB 350") created the Diamond State Hospital Cost Review Board (“Board”) in an effort to bring greater transparency and accountability to hospital spending in Delaware. HB 350 requires hospitals to submit their budgets to the Board annually, disclose financial and operational information, and comply with the State’s healthcare spending benchmark. HB 350 also authorizes the Board to prospectively approve or modify hospital budgets and imposes penalties for non-compliance.

Version chain

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

1. SA 1 to SB 213 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 33–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-30 Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-01-14 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-19 Amendment SA 1 to SB 213 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2026-01-20 Amendment SA 1 to SB 213 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2026-01-20 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2026-01-21 Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-01-28 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-29 Passed By House. Votes: 33 YES 7 NO 1 NOT VOTING passage
• 2026-01-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/99e9a953-1734-4990-8315-9d9195e63812. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).