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Speaker Longhurst, Senate Majority Leader Townsend Issue Statement on ChristianaCare’s HB 350 Lawsuit

July 29, 2024
Press Release

DOVER – House Speaker Valerie Longhurst and Senate Majority Leader Bryan Townsend issued the following joint statement in response to the lawsuit ChristianaCare filed regarding HB 350:

“We are confident that the new Diamond State Review Board will withstand judicial and constitutional scrutiny.

“The delivery of high-quality and economically sustainable health care is of paramount concern to the state government and to our constituents, and House Bill 350 went through many iterations as we tried to craft a solution that would deliver for Delaware’s hard-working taxpayers, while accommodating practical and policy concerns raised by the hospital industry – including Christiana Care.

“We are disappointed that the state’s largest hospital system has chosen to continue in an oppositional posture, rather than working with the General Assembly and other stakeholders to fine tune the structure and operation of the Board – which they have not even allowed to get off the ground before working to undermine it.”

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