---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16, TITLE 24, TITLE 29, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR THE TREATMENT OF BACK PAIN."
description: "This Act encourages prescribers and patients to use proven non-opioid methods of treating back pain by doing the following:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 225"
citation: "Delaware SB 225 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Helene M. Keeley", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-06-01"
last_action: "2018-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86c3f8b4-d806-4202-82e6-c36b2938e775"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26735"
source_hash: "034896bd57ab530bb3c5c5cd33b78494e28e3725b42f685349934a11fee1dc33"
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 225 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16, TITLE 24, TITLE 29, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR THE TREATMENT OF BACK PAIN.

This Act encourages prescribers and patients to use proven non-opioid methods of treating back pain by doing the following:

## 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=26735&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB225)

## Votes

- SM — **11–5** (pass) · upper
- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Helene M. Keeley — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-06-01** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-14** Amendment SA 1 to SB 225 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-20** Amendment SA 2 to SB 225 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-21** Amendment SA 1 to SB 225 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-21** Amendment SA 2 to SB 225 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 11 YES 5 NO 2 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-06-22** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** Re-Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 11 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2018-09-10** 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/86c3f8b4-d806-4202-82e6-c36b2938e775`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).