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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16, TITLE 24, TITLE 29, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR THE TREATMENT OF BACK PAIN."
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description: "This Act encourages prescribers and patients to use proven non-opioid methods of treating back pain by doing the following:"
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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: "SB 225"
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citation: "Delaware SB 225 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Helene M. Keeley", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-06-01"
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last_action: "2018-09-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86c3f8b4-d806-4202-82e6-c36b2938e775"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26735"
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source_hash: "034896bd57ab530bb3c5c5cd33b78494e28e3725b42f685349934a11fee1dc33"
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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 SB 225 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16, TITLE 24, TITLE 29, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR THE TREATMENT OF BACK PAIN.
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This Act encourages prescribers and patients to use proven non-opioid methods of treating back pain by doing the following:
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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=26735&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB225)
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## Votes
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- SM — **11–5** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Helene M. Keeley — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-06-01** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-14** Amendment SA 1 to SB 225 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-06-20** Amendment SA 2 to SB 225 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-06-21** Amendment SA 1 to SB 225 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-06-21** Amendment SA 2 to SB 225 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-06-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 11 YES 5 NO 2 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-06-22** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-27** Re-Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 11 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2018-09-10** 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/86c3f8b4-d806-4202-82e6-c36b2938e775`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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