Delaware Senate Bill 31

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Passed on May 12 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-12 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act corrects a technical error in SB 227 (149th General Assembly) by establishing requirements for group and blanket health insurance plans that align with existing requirements for individual and State employee health insurance plans. As introduced, SB 227 specified that coverage for chronic care management under all 3 of these health insurance plan types cannot be subject to patient deductibles, copayments, or fees. Senate Amendment 1 to SB 227 made various intentional changes to SB 227 but also accidentally deleted the line that applied this chronic care management requirement to group and blanket plans. SB 227, as amended, passed both chambers unanimously. As a result, since January 1, 2019, there has been an unintentional difference in the requirements between the plan types. This Act corrects that divergence.

An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Primary Care Coverage.

Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Sen. Sarah McBride [D]	Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown [D]	Rep. Jeff Hilovsky [R]
Rep. Larry Lambert [D]

2023-03-28 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-26 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-12		Signed by Governor
2023-03-28		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2023-03-15		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 On Its Merits
2023-03-02		Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
2023-01-26		Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
2023-01-25		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
2023-01-18		Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate

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Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129948
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=129948&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB31
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54028
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54162