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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COVERAGE OF DOULA SERVICES."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "HB 80"
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citation: "Delaware HB 80 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-03-02"
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last_action: "2023-08-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99a47fae-f739-49bb-ae7c-af5b0aca3817"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130035"
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source_hash: "e0b7ec8df887531080e8925c64e3606d77082ba679a9df0eed60bad8c0fad804"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 80 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COVERAGE OF DOULA SERVICES.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=130035&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB80)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-02** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-15** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-16** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-06** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-22** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-06-22** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-27** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2023-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2023-08-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99a47fae-f739-49bb-ae7c-af5b0aca3817`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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