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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE TO ENSURE FAIRNESS IN COST-SHARING FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS."
+description: "The bill requires that third-party cost-sharing assistance utilized by patients is applied toward the enrollee's health insurance deductibles and any out-of-pocket limits. Additionally, the bill defines what constitutes a “cost-sharing requirement” as well as how to calculate the assistance when applying to patient’s deductibles and out-of-pocket limits. This bill applies to both carriers and pharmacy benefits managers with an effective date of January 1, 2024."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "151"
+identifier: "SB 267"
+citation: "Delaware SB 267 (151)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Debra Heffernan", "Krista Griffith", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Spiros Mantzavinos"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2022-04-14"
+last_action: "2022-10-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5167ce72-2bd7-42bd-9c7e-58fc3110ec27"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109376"
+source_hash: "67bf1d55728c6a2688b36cd73ebeee7630550cf6d67cc8591a9543cbd7d8c9d4"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
+---
+
+# Delaware SB 267 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE TO ENSURE FAIRNESS IN COST-SHARING FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
+
+The bill requires that third-party cost-sharing assistance utilized by patients is applied toward the enrollee's health insurance deductibles and any out-of-pocket limits. Additionally, the bill defines what constitutes a “cost-sharing requirement” as well as how to calculate the assistance when applying to patient’s deductibles and out-of-pocket limits. This bill applies to both carriers and pharmacy benefits managers with an effective date of January 1, 2024.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=109376&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB267)
+2. **HA 1 to SB 267** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=129865&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
+- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
+- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
+- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
+- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
+- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
+- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
+- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
+- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
+- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
+- Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
+- William Bush — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-04-14** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-04** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-05-19** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2022-06-02** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2022-06-29** Amendment HA 1 to SB 267 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2022-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2022-10-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5167ce72-2bd7-42bd-9c7e-58fc3110ec27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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