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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY AND MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "150"
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identifier: "HB 220"
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citation: "Delaware HB 220 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David Bentz"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-06-13"
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last_action: "2019-08-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/919d3af4-860a-44f1-849e-34f749203a55"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47693"
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source_hash: "3c915efa56938f819accbc8081b215c2d10f5aca21420b323eb3fc20452dc20e"
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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 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.
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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.
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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=47693&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB220)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 220** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47764&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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3. **HA 2 to HB 220** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47827&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **38–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- David Bentz — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Raymond Seigfried — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-06-13** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-19** Amendment HA 1 to HB 220 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-06-19** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-25** Amendment HA 2 to HB 220 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-06-26** Amendment HA 1 to HB 220 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-06-26** Amendment HA 2 to HB 220 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 2 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-06-30** Suspension of Rules in Senate
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- **2019-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-08-13** 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/919d3af4-860a-44f1-849e-34f749203a55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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