republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-267.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE TO ENSURE FAIRNESS IN COST-SHARING FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.	The bill requires that third-party cost-sharing assistance utilized by patients is applied toward the enrollee's health insurance deductibles and any out-of-pocket limits. Additionally, the bill defines what constitutes a “cost-sharing requirement” as well as how to calculate the assistance when applying to patient’s deductibles and out-of-pocket limits. This bill applies to both carriers and pharmacy benefits managers with an effective date of January 1, 2024.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 267	Delaware SB 267 (151)	bill		enacted	Debra Heffernan Krista Griffith Sherry Dorsey Walker Spiros Mantzavinos	2	9	3	2022-04-14	2022-10-26	openstates	ocd-bill/5167ce72-2bd7-42bd-9c7e-58fc3110ec27	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109376	67bf1d55728c6a2688b36cd73ebeee7630550cf6d67cc8591a9543cbd7d8c9d4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 267 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE TO ENSURE FAIRNESS IN COST-SHARING FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

The bill requires that third-party cost-sharing assistance utilized by patients is applied toward the enrollee's health insurance deductibles and any out-of-pocket limits. Additionally, the bill defines what constitutes a “cost-sharing requirement” as well as how to calculate the assistance when applying to patient’s deductibles and out-of-pocket limits. This bill applies to both carriers and pharmacy benefits managers with an effective date of January 1, 2024.

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 SB 267 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Krista Griffith — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
• Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• William Bush — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-04-14 Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-05-04 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-19 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2022-06-02 Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-14 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2022-06-29 Amendment HA 1 to SB 267 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2022-06-29 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2022-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2022-10-26 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5167ce72-2bd7-42bd-9c7e-58fc3110ec27. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).