AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LARGE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.

This bill clarifies which medical facilities are considered "large health care facilities" under Delaware law, directly affecting hospitals, affiliated outpatient clinics, and freestanding emergency departments. It updates the legal definition to explicitly include for-profit hospitals and specifies that any clinic owned mostly by a hospital or operating under its license counts as a large facility. The law also defines "time of service" to cover the period before a patient leaves the facility or within ten days after discharge if emergency care was provided. These changes aim to ensure that regulations apply consistently to all relevant providers without altering the core requirements for patient care.