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SB340 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Last action
2026-06-24
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 TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES This Act requires long-term care facilities to have insurance policies that provide a minimum of $1 million per claim/$3 million aggregate coverage each for general liability and professional liability.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES This Act requires long-term care facilities to have insurance policies that provide a minimum of $1 million per claim/$3 million aggregate coverage each for general liability and professional liability.
  • This Act takes effect 180 days after enactment.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-24 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 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits

  3. 2026-06-11 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment SA 1 to SB 340 - 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. 2026-06-10 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits

  7. 2026-06-09 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment SA 1 to SB 340 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

  8. 2026-06-04 Delaware General Assembly

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

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES
This Act requires long-term care facilities to have insurance policies that provide a minimum of $1 million per claim/$3 million aggregate coverage each for general liability and professional liability. This Act takes effect 180 days after enactment.