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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR DOULA SERVICES."
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description: "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."
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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 343"
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citation: "Delaware HB 343 (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", "Debra Heffernan", "Marie Pinkney", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-03-16"
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last_action: "2022-07-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ced53e6-d73c-468a-9524-42b7801c71dc"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79247"
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source_hash: "42b02dc8c439a511a866b4f108f7502de10383edfefd549a7760eb598d8c716a"
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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 343 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR DOULA SERVICES.
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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.
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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=79247&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB343)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 343** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=109502&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (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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- Debra Heffernan — 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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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherae'a Moore — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — 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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- **2022-03-16** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-12** Amendment HA 1 to HB 343 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-05-18** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 12 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-09** Amendment HA 2 to HB 343 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-06-09** Amendment HA 1 to HB 343 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-06-09** Amendment HA 2 to HB 343 - Stricken in House
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- **2022-06-09** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-06-09** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-22** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-29** 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/9ced53e6-d73c-468a-9524-42b7801c71dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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