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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 RELATED TO EXTENSION OF MEDICAID COVERAGE THROUGH THE FIRST YEAR POSTPARTUM."
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description: "This Act requires the Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance to take the necessary steps to expand Medicaid coverage to pregnant women from the current coverage of 60-days from the end of pregnancy under federal Medicaid regulations to 12 months from the end of pregnancy. As a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, pregnant women receiving Medicaid benefits cannot be dropped so comprehensive medical care and other health care services have continued beyond 60 days until 12 months after the end of pregnancy by virtue of the federal Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists. This Act would continue that coverage after the Determination is not renewed. In the event that coverage under the Determination ends before the State Plan Amendment is approved, the State will be obligated to provide the cost of coverage for services provided to pregnant women during the period from 60 days until 12 months after pregnancy ends."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 234"
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citation: "Delaware HB 234 (151)"
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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", "Darius J. Brown", "Marie Pinkney", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-06-08"
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last_action: "2022-07-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ab5ce02-e47d-40b2-83be-38d4bfbd17fb"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78845"
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source_hash: "9460b0fd51ecfa35a9c34ea2425f1f34513e2c791ca3db135f0e073418c93966"
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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 234 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 RELATED TO EXTENSION OF MEDICAID COVERAGE THROUGH THE FIRST YEAR POSTPARTUM.
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This Act requires the Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance to take the necessary steps to expand Medicaid coverage to pregnant women from the current coverage of 60-days from the end of pregnancy under federal Medicaid regulations to 12 months from the end of pregnancy. As a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, pregnant women receiving Medicaid benefits cannot be dropped so comprehensive medical care and other health care services have continued beyond 60 days until 12 months after the end of pregnancy by virtue of the federal Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists. This Act would continue that coverage after the Determination is not renewed. In the event that coverage under the Determination ends before the State Plan Amendment is approved, the State will be obligated to provide the cost of coverage for services provided to pregnant women during the period from 60 days until 12 months after pregnancy ends.
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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=78845&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB234)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 234** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=109525&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherae'a Moore — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-06-08** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-16** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-17** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-05-17** Amendment HA 1 to HB 234 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-05-19** Amendment HA 1 to HB 234 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-05-19** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-05-19** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-15** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-16** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2022-07-25** 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/3ab5ce02-e47d-40b2-83be-38d4bfbd17fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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