republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-220.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE FOR CHILDREN AND PERSONS ON MEDICAID.	Medicaid is generally the “payer of last resort,” meaning that Medicaid only pays claims for covered items and services if there are no other liable third-party payers for the same items and services. When Medicaid beneficiaries have one or more additional sources of coverage for health care services, third-party liability (TPL) rules govern the legal obligation of such third parties. Section 1902(a)(25)(A) of the Social Security Act defines third-party payers as health insurers, managed care organizations, and group health plans, among others.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 220	Delaware SB 220 (152)	bill		enacted	Eric Morrison Kendra Johnson Kerri Evelyn Harris Laura V. Sturgeon Marie Pinkney Peter C. Schwartzkopf Sarah McBride Sherry Dorsey Walker	1	7	2	2024-02-29	2024-04-30	openstates	ocd-bill/74d07dd9-6289-4d32-8b7c-337881559ded	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140919	70f2ff9353e25b2baa879ed0fa383609a142e29eb16a1363db5f60469bbba20e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 220 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE FOR CHILDREN AND PERSONS ON MEDICAID.

Medicaid is generally the “payer of last resort,” meaning that Medicaid only pays claims for covered items and services if there are no other liable third-party payers for the same items and services. When Medicaid beneficiaries have one or more additional sources of coverage for health care services, third-party liability (TPL) rules govern the legal obligation of such third parties. Section 1902(a)(25)(A) of the Social Security Act defines third-party payers as health insurers, managed care organizations, and group health plans, among others.

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 — 39–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-29 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-06 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-13 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-03-14 Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-26 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 3 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-28 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2024-04-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/74d07dd9-6289-4d32-8b7c-337881559ded. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).