Delaware Senate Bill 98 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: Passed on September 23 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-09-23 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Under the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) it requires that private health plans cover evidence-based preventive services and immunization. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has recommended vaccinations, health screenings and children’s wellness visits, must be covered for all new health plans starting with plan years beginning on or after Sept. 23, 2010 This ACT will bring Delaware in line with the requirements of PPACA and provide the Delaware Insurance Department with regulatory and enforcement authority over carriers as respects to immunizations.

An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Insurance And The Requirement Of Coverage For Certain Immunizations And Preventive Services.

Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]	Sen. Catherine Cloutier [R]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]
Sen. Bethany Hall-Long [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Darryl Scott [D]
Rep. Bryon Short [D]	Sen. Liane Sorenson [R]

2011-06-29 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-06-15 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-09-23		Signed by Governor
2011-06-29		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 41 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2011-06-22		Reported Out of Committee (ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/BANKING/INSURANCE/COMMERCE) in House with 7 On Its Merits
2011-06-16		Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House
2011-06-15		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2011-06-15		Amendment SA 1 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 1 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2011-06-14		Amendment SA 1 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate
2011-06-08		Reported Out of Committee (INSURANCE) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2011-06-02		Assigned to Insurance Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/0a5191efce5f6ec68525786a00701d00?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+98/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/21fd3b643966a960852578b00076089d?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/7f3e6a25121d50b8852578be007b1f0e?OpenDocument