republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-345.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COVERAGE FOR DOULA SERVICES.	This Act requires Medicaid coverage for additional postpartum visits with a doula upon recommendation of a licensed practitioner or clinician.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 345	Delaware HB 345 (152)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend David P. Sokola Kendra Johnson Kerri Evelyn Harris Laura V. Sturgeon Marie Pinkney Melissa Minor-Brown Michael F. Smith Nicole Poore Paul S. Baumbach Russell Huxtable S. Elizabeth Lockman Sherry Dorsey Walker William Bush	1	7	2	2024-03-12	2024-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/0a51b439-29a2-4170-adff-4bf194b2d591	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141027	310089781c6992a8e7f2d59f6111a856cd9bfd4ced29c546c8d212e66690d6ce	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 345 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COVERAGE FOR DOULA SERVICES.

This Act requires Medicaid coverage for additional postpartum visits with a doula upon recommendation of a licensed practitioner or clinician.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 37–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
• Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-12 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-20 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-26 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT passage
• 2024-03-26 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-04-24 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-18 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-06-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0a51b439-29a2-4170-adff-4bf194b2d591. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).