republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-5.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REIMBURSEMENT OF SCHOOL-BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.	The State’s Medicaid Plan still limits the reimbursement of Medicaid-covered, school-based behavioral health services to those provided under an Individualized Educational Program (IEP) or Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP), despite federal policy changes that allow for these services to be provided as a medical necessity without IEP or IFSP documentation. This bill would charge the Department of Health & Social Services to apply to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a State Plan Amendment that would allow for reimbursement of medically necessary behavioral health services without IEP or IFSP documentation. Local education agencies must use the reimbursed funds to further invest in school-based behavioral health supports.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 5	Delaware HB 5 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski Eric Morrison Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Kerri Evelyn Harris Laura V. Sturgeon Michael F. Smith Nicole Poore Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable Sarah McBride Sean Matthews Sherry Dorsey Walker Spiros Mantzavinos Timothy D. Dukes Trey Paradee Valerie Longhurst William Bush	2	13	2	2024-02-29	2024-08-07	openstates	ocd-bill/9dd4a62f-d9e8-466b-92d5-18328cd0f646	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140947	24c7cda3fd8a40ca41938e2bd7c625f936b73d54f04319c405c948662d3317af	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 5 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REIMBURSEMENT OF SCHOOL-BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.

The State’s Medicaid Plan still limits the reimbursement of Medicaid-covered, school-based behavioral health services to those provided under an Individualized Educational Program (IEP) or Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP), despite federal policy changes that allow for these services to be provided as a medical necessity without IEP or IFSP documentation. This bill would charge the Department of Health & Social Services to apply to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a State Plan Amendment that would allow for reimbursement of medically necessary behavioral health services without IEP or IFSP documentation. Local education agencies must use the reimbursed funds to further invest in school-based behavioral health supports.

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 5 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• 3/5 — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-29 Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 5, and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-06 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 3 Favorable, 13 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-07 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-04-11 Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-17 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-05-16 Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-05-16 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-05-16 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-22 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-05-22 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-12 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-08-07 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9dd4a62f-d9e8-466b-92d5-18328cd0f646. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).