republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-109.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COVERAGE FOR SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY.	Individuals who receive health care via Medicaid deserve the same dedication to treatment of substance abuse disorders as individuals who receive health care via private insurance. This Act extends the same access to treatment of a substance use disorder within the Medicaid framework that Senate Bill 41 of the 149th General Assembly afforded to individuals covered by private health insurance, except that a 72 hour supply instead of 5 day supply of emergency medication is required. This Act also clarifies that Medicaid health plans must use the full set of American Society of Addiction Medicine criteria when determining whether “medical necessity” exists for the placement, continued stay, and transfer/discharge of patients with a substance use disorder in treatment programs. Additionally, this Act aligns protections relating to services, specifically 5 days of treatment in detox centers and 30 days of treatment in Intensive Outpatient Programs, with the residential treatment option that is protected pursuant to Senate Bill 41 of the 149th General Assembly.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 109	Delaware SB 109 (149)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend David Bentz	1	7	2	2017-06-06	2017-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/f119ff6b-2c66-49bf-90da-edf613f10476	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25905	7ea290fe6faa65f0cdfb566ae812f9c4b9fbebfe22e7576cecbe6e4ba3e1af15	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 109 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COVERAGE FOR SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY.

Individuals who receive health care via Medicaid deserve the same dedication to treatment of substance abuse disorders as individuals who receive health care via private insurance. This Act extends the same access to treatment of a substance use disorder within the Medicaid framework that Senate Bill 41 of the 149th General Assembly afforded to individuals covered by private health insurance, except that a 72 hour supply instead of 5 day supply of emergency medication is required. This Act also clarifies that Medicaid health plans must use the full set of American Society of Addiction Medicine criteria when determining whether “medical necessity” exists for the placement, continued stay, and transfer/discharge of patients with a substance use disorder in treatment programs. Additionally, this Act aligns protections relating to services, specifically 5 days of treatment in detox centers and 30 days of treatment in Intensive Outpatient Programs, with the residential treatment option that is protected pursuant to Senate Bill 41 of the 149th General Assembly.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David Bentz — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-06 Introduced and Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-07 Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-06-13 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-06-14 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-07-02 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2017-09-29 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f119ff6b-2c66-49bf-90da-edf613f10476. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).