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SB313 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF NONPROFIT ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF NONPROFIT ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS.

Healthcare
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Last action
2026-06-25
Official status
Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 1 NO 3 ABSENT
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF NONPROFIT ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF NONPROFIT ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF NONPROFIT ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS.
  • This Act protects Delaware’s nonprofit acute care hospitals from acquisition by entities other than charities or not-for-profit entities during a moratorium period.
  • It also permanently subjects the sale or encumbrance of primary facility real estate of a nonprofit acute care hospital to the Attorney General notice and review requirements of the Conversion Act.
  • Section 1 makes two primary changes to the definitions in § 2531 of Title 29.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 1 NO 3 ABSENT

  2. 2026-06-18 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 On Its Merits

  3. 2026-06-11 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment SA 1 to SB 313 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT

  4. 2026-06-11 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT

  5. 2026-06-11 Delaware General Assembly

    Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House

  6. 2026-05-20 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits

  7. 2026-05-14 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment SA 1 to SB 313 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

  8. 2026-05-12 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF NONPROFIT ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS.
This Act protects Delaware’s nonprofit acute care hospitals from acquisition by entities other than charities or not-for-profit entities during a moratorium period. It also permanently subjects the sale or encumbrance of primary facility real estate of a nonprofit acute care hospital to the Attorney General notice and review requirements of the Conversion Act.

Section 1 makes two primary changes to the definitions in § 2531 of Title 29. First, it clarifies that a "not-for-profit healthcare conversion transaction" includes those undertaken "directly or indirectly through one or more affiliates." This ensures that the Attorney General’s oversight cannot be circumvented by structuring transactions through shell entities or intermediaries. It provides a new, permanent category of conversion transaction: the sale, transfer, conveyance or lease of a hospital's "primary facility real estate" to a for-profit entity. This change ensures that arrangements involving the land and buildings of a