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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR HOME HEALTH-CARE SERVICES."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 109"
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citation: "Delaware SB 109 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David Bentz", "Debra Heffernan", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "Sarah McBride"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-04-14"
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last_action: "2021-09-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7a7c477-29ce-48a2-9071-376d611f4d5a"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=58574"
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source_hash: "e95653f5da149c3d081d4f34ef325571c257f09e755a62fc0a0c3f6a70646677"
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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 SB 109 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR HOME HEALTH-CARE SERVICES.
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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.
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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=58574&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB109)
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2. **SA 1 to SB 109** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=68602&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David Bentz — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Lambert — 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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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — 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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- **2021-04-14** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-21** Amendment SA 1 to SB 109 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-04-21** 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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- **2021-04-27** Amendment SA 1 to SB 109 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-04-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-04-28** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-12** 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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- **2021-06-18** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2021-06-24** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-09-30** 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/e7a7c477-29ce-48a2-9071-376d611f4d5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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