republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-41.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COVERAGE FOR SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY.	In an effort to reduce overdose deaths relating to the growing epidemic of opioid addiction, this Act requires carriers to provide coverage for medically necessary inpatient treatment of alcohol and drug dependencies and prohibits carriers from imposing precertification, prior authorization, pre-admission screening, or referral requirements for the diagnosis and treatment, including in-patient treatment, of drug and alcohol dependencies. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 41	Delaware SB 41 (149)	bill		enacted	Anthony Delcollo Dave G. Lawson Debra Heffernan Helene M. Keeley Margaret Rose Henry Michael Mulrooney Ruth Briggs King Stephanie L. Hansen Timothy D. Dukes	1	9	2	2017-03-23	2017-05-30	openstates	ocd-bill/2df8f3c2-c67f-4cbc-96d0-72ceb1bce955	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25518	d015557c3e4379063df5c09f7cb88e92621cc576009d2c7bc86244163427d08b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 41 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COVERAGE FOR SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY.

In an effort to reduce overdose deaths relating to the growing epidemic of opioid addiction, this Act requires carriers to provide coverage for medically necessary inpatient treatment of alcohol and drug dependencies and prohibits carriers from imposing precertification, prior authorization, pre-admission screening, or referral requirements for the diagnosis and treatment, including in-patient treatment, of drug and alcohol dependencies. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Anthony Delcollo — primary (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — primary (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
• Michael Mulrooney — primary (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
• Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
• David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
• Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-23 Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-03-30 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-04-04 Amendment SA 1 to SB 41 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-04-04 Amendment SA 1 to SB 41 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2017-04-04 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-04-05 Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-04-26 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 10 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-05-09 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT passage
• 2017-05-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2df8f3c2-c67f-4cbc-96d0-72ceb1bce955. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).