Delaware House Bill 381 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-4)
Status: Passed on July 13 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-07-13 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Patients struggle every day to receive necessary care, suffering symptoms longer than appropriate and encountering unnecessary stress factors as they engage in the complicated system of health insurance. One such factor is Pre-Authorization, a tool designed to save the money by making sure that care is necessary. For years patients and clinicians have been put through arduous appeals processes being told that they are necessary to keep costs down or worse, told after the fact that their care won’t be paid for even when previously told otherwise. Yet, anecdotally, appeals to these decisions are nearly always granted after hours of staff and clinician time. Reliable data is difficult, if not impossible, to come by to evaluate if programs are worth the costs of time that they shift to the patient and clinician. This legislation requires greater transparency, efficiency, and fairness in pre-authorization programs.

An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Pre-authorization.

Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Rep. David Bentz [D]	Rep. James Johnson [D]
Rep. Quinton Johnson [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]
Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Rep. Stephen Smyk [R]	Rep. Jeffrey Spiegelman [R]	Rep. John Viola [D]
Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Sen. Bethany Hall-Long [D]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Sen. David Sokola [D]

2016-06-30 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-07-13	House	Signed by Governor
2016-06-30	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-06-22	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (INSURANCE & TELECOMMUNICATIONS) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2016-06-15	Senate	Assigned to Insurance & Telecommunications Committee in Senate
2016-06-14	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 39 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-06-14	House	Amendment HA 1 - Passed in House by Voice Vote
2016-06-08	House	Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2016-05-18	House	Reported Out of Committee (ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/BANKING/INSURANCE/COMMERCE) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
2016-05-12	House	Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/c3c51cb5f64f1cf185257faf0059533a?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+381/$file/legis.html?open
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/EngrossmentsforLookup/HB+381/$file/Engross.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/7692c8a0cd047ebe85257fe2007ba5c8?OpenDocument