HB 161 DE

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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. This Act also makes technical corrections to existing law to make it consistent with the Legislative Drafting Manual.

• David Bentz · primary
• Ernesto B. Lopez · primary
• Stephen Smyk · primary
• Sarah McBride · primary

1. Apr 15, 2021 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House · lower
2. May 7, 2021 Amendment HA 1 to HB 161 - Introduced and Placed With Bill · lower
3. May 12, 2021 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 6 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits · lower
4. May 20, 2021 Amendment HA 1 to HB 161 - Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES · lower
5. May 20, 2021 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES · lower
6. May 20, 2021 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate · upper
7. Jun 17, 2021 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits · upper
8. Jun 29, 2021 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES · upper
9. Jul 30, 2021 Signed by Governor · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Bill Text · HTML
• Bill Text · PDF
• HA 1 to HB 161 · PDF
• HA 1 to HB 161 · HTML