Delaware Senate Bill 41 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 30 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-05-30 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

In an effort to reduce overdose deaths relating to the growing epidemic of opioid addiction, this Act requires carriers to provide coverage for medically necessary inpatient treatment of alcohol and drug dependencies and prohibits carriers from imposing precertification, prior authorization, pre-admission screening, or referral requirements for the diagnosis and treatment, including in-patient treatment, of drug and alcohol dependencies. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

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

Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Sen. Anthony Delcollo [R]	Sen. David Lawson [R]
Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. Michael Mulrooney [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Timothy Dukes [R]
Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Sen. Catherine Cloutier [R]	Sen. Harris McDowell [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]
Sen. Robert Marshall [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]
Rep. David Bentz [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]	Rep. Earl Jaques [D]
Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]

2017-05-09 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2017-04-04 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-30		Signed by Governor
2017-05-09		Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT
2017-04-26		Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 10 On Its Merits
2017-04-05		Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House
2017-04-04		Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
2017-04-04		Amendment SA 1 to SB 41 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
2017-04-04		Amendment SA 1 to SB 41 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2017-03-30		Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2017-03-23		Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25518
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25518&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB41
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GetWordDocument?fileAttachmentId=62513
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GetPdfDocument?fileAttachmentId=62513
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#18408
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#18563