Delaware Senate Bill 100 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on June 1 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-06-15 - Stricken in Senate
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Individuals who receive health care via Medicaid deserve the same dedication to treatment of substance abuse disorders as individuals who receive health care via private insurance. This Act extends the same access to treatment of a substance use disorder within the Medicaid framework that Senate Bill 41 of the 149th General Assembly afforded to individuals covered by private health insurance. This Act also clarifies that Medicaid health plans must use the full set of American Society of Addiction Medicine criteria when determining whether medical necessity exists for the placement, continued stay, and transfer/discharge of patients with a substance use disorder in treatment programs. Additionally, this Act aligns protections relating to services, specifically 5 days of treatment in detox centers and 30 days of treatment in Intensive Outpatient Programs, with the residential treatment option that is protected pursuant to Senate Bill 41 of the 149th General Assembly.

An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Coverage For Serious Mental Illness And Drug And Alcohol Dependency.

Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. David Bentz [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]
Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]
Rep. Sean Matthews [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-06-15		Stricken in Senate
2017-06-01		Introduced and Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25866
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25866&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB100