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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HOSPITAL BUDGET REVIEW."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "153"
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identifier: "SB 213"
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citation: "Delaware SB 213 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Josue O Ortega", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Trey Paradee"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-12-30"
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last_action: "2026-01-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99e9a953-1734-4990-8315-9d9195e63812"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142741"
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source_hash: "53b91cc1ece1a3e2f4cab443519a19ba82a996a812958515b2007df5e601781c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware SB 213 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HOSPITAL BUDGET REVIEW.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **SA 1 to SB 213** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142782&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **33–7** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-30** Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-14** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-19** Amendment SA 1 to SB 213 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2026-01-20** Amendment SA 1 to SB 213 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-01-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2026-01-21** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-28** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-29** Passed By House. Votes: 33 YES 7 NO 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
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- **2026-01-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99e9a953-1734-4990-8315-9d9195e63812`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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