republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-343.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR DOULA SERVICES.	This Act requires that the Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance to present a plan to the General Assembly by November 1, 2022 for coverage of doula services by Medicaid providers.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 343	Delaware HB 343 (151)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Darius J. Brown Debra Heffernan Marie Pinkney Melissa Minor-Brown S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Sherry Dorsey Walker	2	11	2	2022-03-16	2022-07-25	openstates	ocd-bill/9ced53e6-d73c-468a-9524-42b7801c71dc	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79247	42b02dc8c439a511a866b4f108f7502de10383edfefd549a7760eb598d8c716a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 343 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR DOULA SERVICES.

This Act requires that the Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance to present a plan to the General Assembly by November 1, 2022 for coverage of doula services by Medicaid providers.

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 343 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Sherae'a Moore — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-03-16 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-05-12 Amendment HA 1 to HB 343 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-05-18 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 12 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-09 Amendment HA 2 to HB 343 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-09 Amendment HA 1 to HB 343 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2022-06-09 Amendment HA 2 to HB 343 - Stricken in House
• 2022-06-09 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2022-06-09 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-22 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-29 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2022-07-25 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9ced53e6-d73c-468a-9524-42b7801c71dc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).