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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAID AND HOME HEALTH CARE. | This bill sets a minimum reimbursement rate for home health care nursing services paid for by Medicaid-contracted organizations. The rate shall be at least equal to the rate set by the Division of Medicaid for equivalent services. Home care nurses and aides give Delawareans with disabilities the option to remain at home with their families and prevents unnecessary use of higher-cost hospitals, nursing homes and rehabilitation facilities. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 149 | HB 200 | Delaware HB 200 (149) |
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Delaware HB 200 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAID AND HOME HEALTH CARE.
This bill sets a minimum reimbursement rate for home health care nursing services paid for by Medicaid-contracted organizations. The rate shall be at least equal to the rate set by the Division of Medicaid for equivalent services. Home care nurses and aides give Delawareans with disabilities the option to remain at home with their families and prevents unnecessary use of higher-cost hospitals, nursing homes and rehabilitation facilities.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 16–2 (pass) · upper
- SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-06-01 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2017-06-14 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 1 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits
committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage - 2017-06-28 Amendment HA 2 to HB 200 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2017-06-28 Amendment HA 1 to HB 200 - Stricken in House
- 2017-06-28 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
passage - 2017-07-01 Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 2 NO 2 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT
passage - 2017-08-30 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ba3072d3-b14d-473e-96b2-5961390c4e1a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).