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HB 220 Delaware House · 150th General Assembly (2019-2020)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY AND MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT.

Summary
This Act adds coverage for Medication Assisted Treatment ("MAT") for drug and alcohol dependencies to the mental health parity laws for health insurance. This Act requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for prescription medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for MAT at no greater financial burden than for prescription medication for other illness or disease, without step therapy requirements, and at the lowest tier of the drug formulary. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2019
House Passage
Jun 2019
Senate Passage
Jun 2019
Signed into Law
Aug 2019
Introduced Jun 13, 2019 Signed Aug 13, 2019
Floor votes · House Jun 26, 2019

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
6
Committee
1
Amendments
4
Aug 13, 2019
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 30, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
upper
Jun 26, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 2 NO 1 ABSENT
lower
Jun 26, 2019
Lower · Passed
Amendment HA 2 to HB 220 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
lower
Jun 26, 2019
Lower · Passed
Amendment HA 1 to HB 220 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
lower
Jun 25, 2019
Introduced
Amendment HA 2 to HB 220 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
lower
Jun 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits
lower
Jun 19, 2019
Introduced
Amendment HA 1 to HB 220 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
lower
Jun 13, 2019
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
lower
2 primary · 14 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Bryan Townsend
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
DE
11
P
DB
David Bentz
DDemocratic
DE
18
Co
BC
Bruce C. Ennis
DDemocratic
DE
14
Co
Photo of Darius Brown
Darius Brown
DDemocratic
DE
2
Co
Photo of Dave Sokola
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
DE
8
Co
GL
Gerald L. Brady
DDemocratic
DE
4
Co
JA
John A. Kowalko
DDemocratic
DE
25
Co
Photo of Kendra Johnson
Kendra Johnson
DDemocratic
DE
5
Co
Photo of Kevin Hensley
Kevin Hensley
RRepublican
DE
9
Co
Photo of Melissa Minor-Brown
Melissa Minor-Brown
DDemocratic
DE
17
Co
Photo of Mike Smith
Mike Smith
RRepublican
DE
22
Co
Photo of Paul Baumbach
Paul Baumbach
DDemocratic
DE
23