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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COVERAGE FOR SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY."
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description: "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."
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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 41"
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citation: "Delaware SB 41 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Delcollo", "Dave G. Lawson", "Debra Heffernan", "Helene M. Keeley", "Margaret Rose Henry", "Michael Mulrooney", "Ruth Briggs King", "Stephanie L. Hansen", "Timothy D. Dukes"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-03-23"
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last_action: "2017-05-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2df8f3c2-c67f-4cbc-96d0-72ceb1bce955"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25518"
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source_hash: "d015557c3e4379063df5c09f7cb88e92621cc576009d2c7bc86244163427d08b"
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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 41 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COVERAGE FOR SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY.
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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.
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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=25518&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB41)
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## Votes
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Anthony Delcollo — primary (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — primary (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
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- Michael Mulrooney — primary (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-03-23** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-30** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-04-04** Amendment SA 1 to SB 41 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-04-04** Amendment SA 1 to SB 41 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-04-04** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-04-05** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-26** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-05-09** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-05-30** 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/2df8f3c2-c67f-4cbc-96d0-72ceb1bce955`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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