republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-193.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE FALSE CLAIMS AND REPORTING ACT.	This Bill updates the State of Delaware’s False Claims and Reporting Act to make it compliant with the requirements of Section 1909 of the Social Security Act. Section 1909 of the Social Security Act provides a financial incentive for States to enact laws that establish liability to the State for individuals and entities that submit false or fraudulent claims to the State Medicaid Program. This incentive provides for a ten percent increase in the share of a qui tam recovery or settlement apportioned to the State. For a State to qualify for this incentive, State law must meet certain requirements enumerated under Section 1909(b) of the Social Security Act, so that the State’s law is at least as effective as the Federal False Claims Act. After review by the Office of Inspector General for the United States Department of Health & Human Services (“OIG-HHS”), it was determined that Delaware’s current False Claims and Reporting Act fails to meet the requirements of Section 1909(b) of the Social Security Act. OIG-HHS has granted Delaware a two-year grace period, ending December 31, 2018, to address these deficiencies. This bill amends the False Claims and Reporting Act to bring it into compliance with the requirements of Section 1909(b).	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 193	Delaware SB 193 (149)	bill		enacted	Bryon H. Short David P. Sokola	1	7	2	2018-05-03	2018-09-13	openstates	ocd-bill/ffef57ee-87a5-4d10-987c-5d51fe96b35a	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26604	ab14376dae8c232b4b1a4198bb7345787dc1e87cc33f4a92a18609c0b1623fbf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 193 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE FALSE CLAIMS AND REPORTING ACT.

This Bill updates the State of Delaware’s False Claims and Reporting Act to make it compliant with the requirements of Section 1909 of the Social Security Act. Section 1909 of the Social Security Act provides a financial incentive for States to enact laws that establish liability to the State for individuals and entities that submit false or fraudulent claims to the State Medicaid Program. This incentive provides for a ten percent increase in the share of a qui tam recovery or settlement apportioned to the State. For a State to qualify for this incentive, State law must meet certain requirements enumerated under Section 1909(b) of the Social Security Act, so that the State’s law is at least as effective as the Federal False Claims Act. After review by the Office of Inspector General for the United States Department of Health & Human Services (“OIG-HHS”), it was determined that Delaware’s current False Claims and Reporting Act fails to meet the requirements of Section 1909(b) of the Social Security Act. OIG-HHS has granted Delaware a two-year grace period, ending December 31, 2018, to address these deficiencies. This bill amends the False Claims and Reporting Act to bring it into compliance with the requirements of Section 1909(b).

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 18–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 39–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryon H. Short — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-05-03 Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-06 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-07 Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT passage
• 2018-06-12 Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-20 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 10 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-07-01 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2018-09-13 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ffef57ee-87a5-4d10-987c-5d51fe96b35a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).