Delaware House Bill 100 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-8)
Status: Passed on May 30 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-05-30 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

The denial by private and public health benefit administrators of adequate coverage for substance abuse treatment has been identified as a major source of failed treatment efforts by persons addicted to controlled substances. These denials have also been identified as a cause of the shortage of adequate treatment facilities in Delaware. This Act seeks to ensure that persons with private and public insurance coverage have the ability to insist that they receive the substance abuse coverage to which they are entitled by law and by their insurance plans. It does so by (1) allowing the Department of Justice to provide legal assistance where appropriate to persons seeking benefits from the states Medicaid program, traditional health plans, or from employer-funded health benefit plans (which are exempt from state regulation), (2) requiring the states Medicaid program and private insurance carriers to provide notice to persons who are denied substance abuse treatment of the possibility of legal assistance in challenging those claim denials, and (3) permitting the Department of Justice to use funds in its Consumer Protection Fund to offset the cost of providing medical and legal expertise to DOJ and the Department of Insurance for the purpose of assisting persons with controlled substance addictions who are seeking treatment. This Act contains a sunset provision so that the General Assembly can assess the impact of its provisions on private and public health care costs and effective treatment of substance abuse before making its provisions permanent.

An Act To Amend Titles 6, 16, 18, And 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Treatment For Substance Abuse.

Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Anthony Delcollo [R]
Sen. David Lawson [R]	Rep. Michael Mulrooney [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Timothy Dukes [R]
Sen. Catherine Cloutier [R]	Sen. Robert Marshall [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]
Rep. David Bentz [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]
Rep. Earl Jaques [D]	Rep. James Johnson [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]
Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Charles Potter [D]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]
Sen. David Wilson [R]	Rep. Lyndon Yearick [R]

2017-05-18 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2017-04-04 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-30		Signed by Governor
2017-05-18		Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 ABSENT
2017-05-10		Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
2017-04-04		Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate
2017-04-04		Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
2017-03-29		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
2017-03-23		Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25520
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25520&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB100
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#18403
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#18697