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HB 105 Delaware House · 150th General Assembly (2019-2020)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE CONTRACTS.

Summary
Step therapy protocols are a mechanism by which health insurance companies require patients to try one or more prescriptions drugs before coverage is provided for the actual drug prescribed by the patient’s health care provider. This Act creates a Step Therapy Exception Process whereby patients who are required by their insurance company to go through step therapy protocols can, under certain circumstances, bypass step therapy to obtain the initially-prescribed medication. This Act does not apply to state or federal governmental plans.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2019
Committee Review
May 2019
House Passage
May 2019
Senate Passage
May 2019
Signed into Law
Jun 2019
Introduced Apr 17, 2019 Signed Jun 18, 2019
Floor votes · House May 9, 2019

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Jun 18, 2019
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
May 16, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
upper
May 15, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
upper
May 9, 2019
Introduced
Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate
upper
May 9, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
lower
Apr 17, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 1 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits
lower
Apr 17, 2019
Introduced
Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 105, and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House
lower
3 primary · 20 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
DB
David B. McBride
DDemocratic
DE
13
P
Photo of Melissa Minor-Brown
Melissa Minor-Brown
DDemocratic
DE
17
P
Photo of Nicole Poore
Nicole Poore
DDemocratic
DE
12
Co
AL
Andria L. Bennett
DDemocratic
DE
32
Co
Photo of Brian Pettyjohn
Brian Pettyjohn
RRepublican
DE
19
Co
Photo of Bryan Townsend
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
DE
11
Co
Photo of Dave Sokola
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
DE
8
Co
DB
David Bentz
DDemocratic
DE
18
Co
Photo of Debra Heffernan
Debra Heffernan
DDemocratic
DE
6
Co
Photo of Ed Osienski
Ed Osienski
DDemocratic
DE
24
Co
Photo of Frank Cooke
Frank Cooke
DDemocratic
DE
16
Co
GL
Gerald L. Brady
DDemocratic
DE
4
Co
JA
John A. Kowalko
DDemocratic
DE
25