republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-253.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16, 18, 29, AND 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MAMMOGRAMS.	This Act is a substitute for House Bill 253. Like HB 253, it requires health insurance companies, including State employee/retiree health plans and Medicaid, to cover annual mammograms for the purpose of early detection for a woman 40 years of age or older, with or without referral from the woman’s health care provider. It also prohibits mammography facilities from requiring that women, 40 years of age or older, provide the facility with the name of a healthcare provider in order to receive an annual screening mammogram.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 253	Delaware HB 253 (152)	bill		enacted	David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Eric Morrison Franklin D. Cooke Kendra Johnson Kerri Evelyn Harris Kimberly Williams Madinah Wilson-Anton Marie Pinkney Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Sarah McBride Sean Matthews Sherry Dorsey Walker Spiros Mantzavinos William Bush William J. Carson	2	9	2	2023-12-14	2024-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/11edbb57-31de-44de-b30e-58fb7e20c728	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140804	a0bb7be94f01f1b752d62784daaf48ae025452eb5bbdeb2f3f35605f90d8088c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 253 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16, 18, 29, AND 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MAMMOGRAMS.

This Act is a substitute for House Bill 253. Like HB 253, it requires health insurance companies, including State employee/retiree health plans and Medicaid, to cover annual mammograms for the purpose of early detection for a woman 40 years of age or older, with or without referral from the woman’s health care provider. It also prohibits mammography facilities from requiring that women, 40 years of age or older, provide the facility with the name of a healthcare provider in order to receive an annual screening mammogram.

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 HS 1 for HB 253 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 34–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-14 Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 253, and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-21 Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-03-26 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 7 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-04-18 Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-04-18 Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 7 ABSENT passage
• 2024-04-18 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-15 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-26 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-10-09 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/11edbb57-31de-44de-b30e-58fb7e20c728. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).