Delaware House Bill 253 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-2)
Status: Passed on October 9 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-10-09 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This Act is a substitute for House Bill 253. Like HB 253, it requires health insurance companies, including State employee/retiree health plans and Medicaid, to cover annual mammograms for the purpose of early detection for a woman 40 years of age or older, with or without referral from the womans health care provider. It also prohibits mammography facilities from requiring that women, 40 years of age or older, provide the facility with the name of a healthcare provider in order to receive an annual screening mammogram.

An Act To Amend Titles 16, 18, 29, And 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Mammograms.

Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Rep. William Bush [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]
Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. William Carson [D]	Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha [D]	Rep. Kerri Harris [D]
Rep. Larry Lambert [D]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton [D]	Sen. Eric Buckson [R]
Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]	Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]
Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]

2024-06-26 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-04-18 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-10-09		Signed by Governor
2024-06-26		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2024-05-15		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
2024-04-18		Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
2024-04-18		Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 7 ABSENT
2024-04-18		Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
2024-03-26		Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 7 On Its Merits
2024-03-21		Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2023-12-14		Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 253, and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House

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Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocumentEngrossment?engrossmentId=36180&docTypeId=6
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#55476
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#56182