---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 18, 29, AND 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH."
description: "This bill amends Chapter 33, Title 18 of the Delaware Code by adding a new § 3370E to require coverage of an annual behavioral health well check."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 303"
citation: "Delaware HB 303 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debra Heffernan", "Krista Griffith", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "Nicole Poore", "Ruth Briggs King", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-11"
last_action: "2022-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/638d36bf-1e61-451c-82c9-c4f45a1cd06d"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79148"
source_hash: "775a9ddfb0c3c763c7f3e4d774230ec8154d712928895328a07c7d13ad33082e"
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 HB 303 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 18, 29, AND 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.

This bill amends Chapter 33, Title 18 of the Delaware Code by adding a new § 3370E to require coverage of an annual behavioral health well check.

## 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=79148&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB303)
2. **HA 2 to HB 303** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=109425&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **40–1** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Sherae'a Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-11** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Amendment HA 1 to HB 303 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-13** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-14** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-03** Amendment HA 2 to HB 303 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-19** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-07** Amendment HA 1 to HB 303 - Stricken in House
- **2022-06-07** Amendment HA 2 to HB 303 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-07** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NO `passage`
- **2022-06-07** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 6 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-15** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-30** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2022-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2022-08-03** 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/638d36bf-1e61-451c-82c9-c4f45a1cd06d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).