Delaware House Bill 161 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-4)
Status: Passed on July 30 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-07-30 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This Act adds an additional classification for surgical hospitals. House Bill No. 91 adopted by the 150th General Assembly (82 Del. Laws c. 73) revised the statutory definition of hospital and classified hospitals as either General, Long-term care, Psychiatric, or Rehabilitation. The existing classifications do not include surgical hospitals, those specialized hospitals providing surgical services at a level of care higher than freestanding surgery centers but whose patients do not require all of the services provided by General acute care hospitals. This Act will allow the Department of Health and Social Services to license and regulate surgical hospitals providing inpatient and outpatient surgical services to patients whose duration of stay is not expected to exceed 72 hours.

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Definition Of Hospitals.

Rep. David Bentz [D]	Sen. Sarah McBride [D]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Rep. Stephen Smyk [R]
Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Krista Griffith [D]
Rep. Larry Lambert [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]

2021-06-29 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-05-20 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-07-30		Signed by Governor
2021-06-29		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2021-06-17		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
2021-05-20		Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
2021-05-20		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2021-05-20		Amendment HA 1 to HB 161 - Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2021-05-12		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 6 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
2021-05-07		Amendment HA 1 to HB 161 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2021-04-15		Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House

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Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocumentEngrossment?engrossmentId=24585&docTypeId=6
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#52144
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#52605