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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE."
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description: "This Bill limits a health insurer’s right to overpayment recovery to two years from the date of the original payment. The time limit does not apply where there is fraud or other intentional misconduct, when overpayment recovery is initiated by a self-insured plan, or where required by a federal or state plan. The bill also requires 30 days’ notice to healthcare providers regarding an attempt to recover overpayment as well as requiring insurers to have policies and procedures allowing challenge to the alleged overpayment. This bill affects all lines of health insurance including both individual and group policies."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 172"
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citation: "Delaware HB 172 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian J. Bushweller", "Bryon H. Short", "Trey Charles Paradee"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-05-11"
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last_action: "2018-03-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a589112-f721-4e5e-8579-5bbc2e38909c"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25773"
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source_hash: "fe69a6d7d014b705b75ab4fe4966f6b07654699df1b756fa7be26d8539e2b1fc"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 172 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE.
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This Bill limits a health insurer’s right to overpayment recovery to two years from the date of the original payment. The time limit does not apply where there is fraud or other intentional misconduct, when overpayment recovery is initiated by a self-insured plan, or where required by a federal or state plan. The bill also requires 30 days’ notice to healthcare providers regarding an attempt to recover overpayment as well as requiring insurers to have policies and procedures allowing challenge to the alleged overpayment. This bill affects all lines of health insurance including both individual and group policies.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25773&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB172)
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## Votes
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
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- Bryon H. Short — primary (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-05-11** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-17** Amendment HA 1 to HB 172 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-28** Amendment HA 2 to HB 172 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-06-30** Amendment HA 1 to HB 172 - Stricken in House
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- **2017-06-30** Amendment HA 2 to HB 172 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-07-12** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-17** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-01-24** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2018-03-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a589112-f721-4e5e-8579-5bbc2e38909c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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