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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HOSPITAL COSTS."
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description: "This Act creates the Diamond State Hospital Cost Review Board, which will be responsible for an annual review of hospital budgets and related financial information. The Board will have 7 members: 6 appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, and the Executive Director of the Delaware Healthcare Association. This Act creates a requirement that hospitals submit yearly budgets, audited financial statements, and related financial information to the Board for review."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "HB 350"
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citation: "Delaware HB 350 (152)"
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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", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-04-23"
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last_action: "2024-06-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b21c9d7e-977f-4a3f-a82f-77b45de09cfe"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141253"
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source_hash: "24fd54ffa4e8de8ab7c5bc74e0083e43f128f46f6551a7425405db41dd804be1"
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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 350 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HOSPITAL COSTS.
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This Act creates the Diamond State Hospital Cost Review Board, which will be responsible for an annual review of hospital budgets and related financial information. The Board will have 7 members: 6 appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, and the Executive Director of the Delaware Healthcare Association. This Act creates a requirement that hospitals submit yearly budgets, audited financial statements, and related financial information to the Board for review.
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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=141253&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS2forHB350)
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2. **HA 1 to HS 2 for HB 350** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141276&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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3. **SA 1 to HS 2 for HB 350** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141361&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **14–7** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **21–16** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **24–16** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-04-23** was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 350 `introduction`
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- **2024-04-25** Amendment HA 1 to HS 2 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-04-25** Motion to Table HS 2 for HB 350 - Failed by Roll Call Vote in House
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- **2024-04-25** Passed By House. Votes: 21 YES 16 NO 4 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-04-25** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-08** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-05-08** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-13** Amendment SA 1 to HS 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-05-15** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-05-16** Amendment SA 1 to HS 2 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-05-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 7 NO `passage`
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- **2024-05-21** Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 16 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-06-13** 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/b21c9d7e-977f-4a3f-a82f-77b45de09cfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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