Delaware Senate Bill 199 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on May 3 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-05-09 - Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

Despite the demonstrated value of primary care, access to primary care for Delawareans has become increasingly difficult as reimbursement dollars have failed to support an adequate infrastructure. The national average for primary care investment for a plan is between 6 and 8% of the total medical spend. Delawares average is between 3 and 4%. Some states such as Rhode Island and Oregon have recognized that market forces have prohibited any one plan in a competitive market to reallocate its spend and have stepped in legislatively to move the market to a 12% spend across insurance products. This legislation ensures adequate spending in primary care. First, by setting Medicare rates as a baseline for primary care reimbursement. This is a short term fix to stem additional primary care failure and consolidation in Delaware. It also requires that over a period of years that the overall spend of plans into primary care increase gradually to reach the 12% investment mark, but without increasing the total spend so that premiums rise as a result of this reallocation.

An Act To Amend Titles 18, 29 And 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Primary Care Services.

Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. David Bentz [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]
Sen. Harris McDowell [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Gerald Brady [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-05-09		Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2018-05-03		Introduced and Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate

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Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GetPdfDocument?fileAttachmentId=104757