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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 AND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES."
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description: "The 146th General Assembly gave the Department of Health and Social Services the authority to promulgate regulations and require accreditation for facilities that perform invasive medical procedures. The current terminology and definition of an “invasive medical procedure” has been frequently misinterpreted and caused a great deal of confusion in the medical community. This Act revises the current language to be consistent with terminology used by accreditation organizations and other states, replacing the term “invasive medical procedure” with the term “office-based surgery”. In addition, this Act clarifies the definition to ensure that all facilities that perform such procedures do so in a safe and sanitary environment. Finally, this Act adds a requirement that the approved accreditation organizations shall report, at a minimum, findings of surveys and complaint and incident investigations, and data for all office-based surgical facilities to the Department."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 219"
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citation: "Delaware HB 219 (149)"
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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 Bentz"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-06-08"
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last_action: "2018-09-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ea6e96a-a3a7-4bee-9fdb-768df4bf706f"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25928"
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source_hash: "6b94ff8883a5547aa27daadc3b130f6607bae5307906d4edb272d0dd3145bf82"
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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 HB 219 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 AND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES.
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The 146th General Assembly gave the Department of Health and Social Services the authority to promulgate regulations and require accreditation for facilities that perform invasive medical procedures. The current terminology and definition of an “invasive medical procedure” has been frequently misinterpreted and caused a great deal of confusion in the medical community. This Act revises the current language to be consistent with terminology used by accreditation organizations and other states, replacing the term “invasive medical procedure” with the term “office-based surgery”. In addition, this Act clarifies the definition to ensure that all facilities that perform such procedures do so in a safe and sanitary environment. Finally, this Act adds a requirement that the approved accreditation organizations shall report, at a minimum, findings of surveys and complaint and incident investigations, and data for all office-based surgical facilities to the Department.
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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. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25928&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB219)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- David Bentz — primary (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-06-08** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-16** Amendment HA 1 to HB 219 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-05-08** Amendment HA 1 to HB 219 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-05-08** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-05-10** Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-06** Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-28** Rules Suspended in Senate
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- **2018-06-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-09-04** 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/5ea6e96a-a3a7-4bee-9fdb-768df4bf706f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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