David Bentz
- Democratic
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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.
Signed by Governor
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
Amendment HA 1 to HB 161 - Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 6 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
Amendment HA 1 to HB 161 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
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