AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK.
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK.
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2025-05-13
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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK.
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK.
What This Bill Does
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK.
This Act makes changes to Chapter 103 of Title 16, pertaining to the Delaware Health Information Network (“DHIN”).
Section 1 makes a technical correction.
Section 2 updates the composition of DHIN’s Board of Directors (“Board”) to reflect recent practice with respect to Governor-appointed boards.
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Official Summary Text
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK.
This Act makes changes to Chapter 103 of Title 16, pertaining to the Delaware Health Information Network (“DHIN”).
Section 1 makes a technical correction.
Section 2 updates the composition of DHIN’s Board of Directors (“Board”) to reflect recent practice with respect to Governor-appointed boards. It removes the concept of positions held for certain groups or industries and replaces it with a general obligation to appoint members broadly representative of DHIN’s stakeholder groups and the general public, with an emphasis on individuals with particular expertise that will benefit DHIN and its public mission. It also reduces the size of the board from 19 to 13 members to align with the historical size of DHIN’s Board and to implement current best practices with respect to Board size, and specifies that a member’s term may end before 3 years if the member resigns or is removed.
Sections 3 and 4 are cleanup provisions that remove references to the rules and regulations of the Hea