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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO URGENT CARE FACILITIES."
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description: "This Act removes from the definition of “free standing emergency departments” those emergency departments that are owned by an existing, licensed hospital in this State that has already been authorized and licensed to provide emergency services. This Act also makes technical changes."
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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 248"
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citation: "Delaware HB 248 (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: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-06-20"
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last_action: "2018-07-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5793a6bb-6dcd-496d-b970-419568789932"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26010"
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source_hash: "884bd61dd1aadd854e6b2dc98332c0bde5164404057fe5dac43da8837cf53283"
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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 248 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO URGENT CARE FACILITIES.
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This Act removes from the definition of “free standing emergency departments” those emergency departments that are owned by an existing, licensed hospital in this State that has already been authorized and licensed to provide emergency services. This Act also makes technical changes.
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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=26010&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB248)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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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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- Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
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- Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-06-20** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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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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- **2017-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-06-29** 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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- **2018-06-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-07-11** 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/5793a6bb-6dcd-496d-b970-419568789932`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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