---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE"
description: "This bill amends Title 18 of the Delaware Code, § 3343, by setting annual reporting requirements for insurance carriers with regard to coverage for serious mental illness and drug and alcohol dependencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 230"
citation: "Delaware SB 230 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David Bentz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-06-05"
last_action: "2018-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/118b185b-becd-42b9-aa84-c6f7a61c4873"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26758"
source_hash: "4182729f99c6615fdb8f9338d80a716de1694124f06ce29de1b33cce734896b0"
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 230 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE

This bill amends Title 18 of the Delaware Code, § 3343, by setting annual reporting requirements for insurance carriers with regard to coverage for serious mental illness and drug and alcohol dependencies.

## 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=26758&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB230)

## Votes

- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- David Bentz — primary (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-05** 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 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-26** Amendment SA 1 to SB 230 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2018-06-27** 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: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-08-29** 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/118b185b-becd-42b9-aa84-c6f7a61c4873`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).