republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-273.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HEALTH COVERAGE FOR SPEECH THERAPY.	This Substitute bill adds 5 additional speech-language diagnosis to the 2 diagnoses listed in H.B. 273 and references that all 7 speech-language diagnoses are classified in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) for billing purposes. This Substitute bill broadens the definition of “child” from 1 year to first grade to include all children from birth to age 18. This Substitute bill deletes the definition of carrier since the term is not referred to in these new sections and clarifies that Section 2 refers to group and blanket health insurance policies not individual health policies. This Substitute bill also clarifies that the Act applies to all health insurance contracts delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed after December 31, 2024.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 273	Delaware HB 273 (152)	bill		enacted	Cyndie Romer Kerri Evelyn Harris Marie Pinkney Paul S. Baumbach S. Elizabeth Lockman Sherry Dorsey Walker Spiros Mantzavinos Trey Paradee Valerie Longhurst William Bush	2	9	3	2024-03-13	2024-11-01	openstates	ocd-bill/81b175ac-2953-495d-b8b7-b54c49a4017e	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141038	b8b127a2c6ec0d9c37442b8534c7e15faa94223f0101a62cb3aef947149bee99	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 273 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HEALTH COVERAGE FOR SPEECH THERAPY.

This Substitute bill adds 5 additional speech-language diagnosis to the 2 diagnoses listed in H.B. 273 and references that all 7 speech-language diagnoses are classified in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) for billing purposes. This Substitute bill broadens the definition of “child” from 1 year to first grade to include all children from birth to age 18. This Substitute bill deletes the definition of carrier since the term is not referred to in these new sections and clarifies that Section 2 refers to group and blanket health insurance policies not individual health policies. This Substitute bill also clarifies that the Act applies to all health insurance contracts delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed after December 31, 2024.

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 HS 2 for HB 273 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 29–8 (pass) · lower
• SM — 16–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-13 was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 273 introduction
• 2024-03-19 Passed By House. Votes: 29 YES 8 NO 4 ABSENT passage
• 2024-03-19 Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-15 Amendment SA 1 to HS 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-06-12 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-18 Amendment SA 1 to HS 2 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2024-06-18 Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 NO passage
• 2024-06-25 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-11-01 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/81b175ac-2953-495d-b8b7-b54c49a4017e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).