Delaware House Bill 219 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)
Status: Introduced on December 10 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-03 - HS 1 for HB 219 - Amendment HA 3 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill requires that health insurance offered in this state provide coverage for in vitro fertilization for persons who, along with their partner, are genetic carriers for spinal muscular atrophy or cystic fibrosis. Coverage must be offered to the same extent as all other pregnancy related benefits. Spinal muscular atrophy is an inherited condition that causes nerve cells in the lower part of the brain and spinal cord to break down and die. The condition generally manifests early in life, often the first 6 months, and is the leading genetic cause of death in infants and toddlers. Between one in 40 and one in 50 adults is a carrier and where both parents are carrier, there is a 25% chance that their child will have SMA. (See: http://www.smafoundation.org/about-sma/;http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/bones/sma.html.). Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease that causes persistent lung infections and progressively limits the ability to breathe. Like SMA, CF manifests in 25% of the cases where both parents are carriers of the gene. Mandated in vitro fertilization insurance coverage would allow couples who are both carriers for SMA or cystic fibrosis to have a healthy child. The bill provides an exemption for religious employers.

An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Insurance Coverage For In Vitro Fertilization Services.

Rep. Melanie Smith [D]	Sen. Bethany Hall-Long [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. David Bentz [D]
Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. William Carson [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]
Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Sen. Robert Marshall [D]
Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-03	House	HS 1 for HB 219 - Amendment HA 3 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2016-03-03	House	HS 1 for HB 219 - Amendment HA 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2016-01-26	House	HS 1 for HB 219 - Laid On Table in House
2016-01-26	House	HS 1 for HB 219 - Amendment HA 1 - Laid On Table in House
2016-01-14	House	HS 1 for HB 219 - Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2016-01-13	House	HS 1 for HB 219 - Reported Out of Committee (ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/BANKING/INSURANCE/COMMERCE) in House with 2 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits
2016-01-07	House	HS 1 for HB 219 - Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce
2016-01-07	House	Substituted by HS 1 for HB 219
2015-12-10	House	Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/9b13f6ccb6df6da885257f01006901d2?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+219/$file/legis.html?open