republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/150/hb-220.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY AND MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT.	This Act adds coverage for Medication Assisted Treatment ("MAT") for drug and alcohol dependencies to the mental health parity laws for health insurance. This Act requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for prescription medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for MAT at no greater financial burden than for prescription medication for other illness or disease, without step therapy requirements, and at the lowest tier of the drug formulary.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	HB 220	Delaware HB 220 (150)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend David Bentz	3	10	2	2019-06-13	2019-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/919d3af4-860a-44f1-849e-34f749203a55	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47693	3c915efa56938f819accbc8081b215c2d10f5aca21420b323eb3fc20452dc20e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 220 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY AND MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT.

This Act adds coverage for Medication Assisted Treatment ("MAT") for drug and alcohol dependencies to the mental health parity laws for health insurance. This Act requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for prescription medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for MAT at no greater financial burden than for prescription medication for other illness or disease, without step therapy requirements, and at the lowest tier of the drug formulary.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to HB 220 (committee substitute) — source
3. HA 2 to HB 220 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 38–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David Bentz — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Raymond Seigfried — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-06-13 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-06-19 Amendment HA 1 to HB 220 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2019-06-19 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-06-25 Amendment HA 2 to HB 220 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2019-06-26 Amendment HA 1 to HB 220 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2019-06-26 Amendment HA 2 to HB 220 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2019-06-26 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 2 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2019-06-30 Suspension of Rules in Senate
• 2019-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2019-08-13 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/919d3af4-860a-44f1-849e-34f749203a55. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).