republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-109.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR HOME HEALTH-CARE SERVICES.	This Act requires that home health-care services for Medicaid long-term care services and support providers be reimbursed for services by Medicaid-contracted organizations at a rate equal to or more than the rate set by the Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance for equivalent services. This rate floor system is currently used for reimbursement rates for home health-care nursing services paid for by Medicaid-contracted organizations.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 109	Delaware SB 109 (151)	bill		enacted	David Bentz Debra Heffernan Melissa Minor-Brown Sarah McBride	2	10	2	2021-04-14	2021-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/e7a7c477-29ce-48a2-9071-376d611f4d5a	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=58574	e95653f5da149c3d081d4f34ef325571c257f09e755a62fc0a0c3f6a70646677	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 109 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR HOME HEALTH-CARE SERVICES.

This Act requires that home health-care services for Medicaid long-term care services and support providers be reimbursed for services by Medicaid-contracted organizations at a rate equal to or more than the rate set by the Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance for equivalent services. This rate floor system is currently used for reimbursement rates for home health-care nursing services paid for by Medicaid-contracted organizations.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. SA 1 to SB 109 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• David Bentz — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
• Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-04-14 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-04-21 Amendment SA 1 to SB 109 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-04-21 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-27 Amendment SA 1 to SB 109 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2021-04-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-04-28 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-05-12 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-18 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2021-06-24 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2021-09-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e7a7c477-29ce-48a2-9071-376d611f4d5a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).