republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-80.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COVERAGE OF DOULA SERVICES.	This Act requires that doula services be covered by Medicaid in Delaware by January 1, 2024. It follows up on HB 343 from the 151st General Assembly which required the Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance to submit a plan for implementing this coverage, and draws on that completed report.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 80	Delaware HB 80 (152)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Bryant L. Richardson Cyndie Romer Darius J. Brown David L. Wilson Eric Morrison Kendra Johnson Kerri Evelyn Harris Laura V. Sturgeon Madinah Wilson-Anton Marie Pinkney Melissa Minor-Brown Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable Ruth Briggs King Sarah McBride Sean Matthews Spiros Mantzavinos Valerie Longhurst William Bush	1	11	2	2023-03-02	2023-08-09	openstates	ocd-bill/99a47fae-f739-49bb-ae7c-af5b0aca3817	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130035	e0b7ec8df887531080e8925c64e3606d77082ba679a9df0eed60bad8c0fad804	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 80 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COVERAGE OF DOULA SERVICES.

This Act requires that doula services be covered by Medicaid in Delaware by January 1, 2024. It follows up on HB 343 from the 151st General Assembly which required the Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance to submit a plan for implementing this coverage, and draws on that completed report.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-02 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-03-15 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-16 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-06 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-22 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-06-22 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-27 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-27 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-28 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-06-29 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2023-08-09 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/99a47fae-f739-49bb-ae7c-af5b0aca3817. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).