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DE SB138

Bill

Status

Passed

7/21/2025

Primary Sponsor

Spiros Mantzavinos

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Origin

Senate

153rd General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Reduces the Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN) Board of Directors from 15 Governor-appointed members to 9, while maintaining requirements for broad healthcare industry representation including medical consumers, hospitals, physicians, nurses, employers, and payers

  • Adds the Delaware Nurses Association to the list of organizations that may make nonbinding recommendations to the Governor for Board appointments

  • Expands DHIN's fee-setting authority from charging only "nonparticipant third parties" to charging "network participants and users of DHIN services"

  • Removes outdated references to the Delaware Center for Health Innovation and Delaware Health Care Commission regulations that predated DHIN's establishment as an independent entity in 2010

  • Updates antitrust compliance language to reference "any applicable federal antitrust guidance" instead of specific DOJ/FTC enforcement policy statements regarding price and cost information exchange

Legislative Description

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Health Information Network.

Last Action

Signed by Governor

7/21/2025

Committee Referrals

Health & Human Development6/11/2025
Health & Social Services5/13/2025

Full Bill Text

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