Delaware House Bill 218 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: Introduced on June 13 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-06-19 - Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 9 On Its Merits
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act, the Art Therapist Reimbursement Act, expands consumers' access to mental health care by designating licensed professional art therapists as reimbursement-eligible under health insurance contracts in this State. By assuring parity and equity in health care, this Act not only secures art therapy services for consumers, but operates to increase the number of licensed professional art therapists available in this State to advance the State's comprehensive behavioral health, trauma-responsive, early-intervention, and student success initiatives.

An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Licensed Professional Art Therapists.

Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Sen. Anthony Delcollo [R]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]
Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. Raymond Seigfried [D]
Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-19		Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 9 On Its Merits
2019-06-13		Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House

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Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47697
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47697&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB218