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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PRIMARY CARE COVERAGE."
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description: "This Act corrects a technical error in SB 227 (149th General Assembly) by establishing requirements for group and blanket health insurance plans that align with existing requirements for individual and State employee health insurance plans. As introduced, SB 227 specified that coverage for chronic care management under all 3 of these health insurance plan types cannot be subject to patient deductibles, copayments, or fees. Senate Amendment 1 to SB 227 made various intentional changes to SB 227 but also accidentally deleted the line that applied this chronic care management requirement to group and blanket plans. SB 227, as amended, passed both chambers unanimously. As a result, since January 1, 2019, there has been an unintentional difference in the requirements between the plan types. This Act corrects that divergence."
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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: "SB 31"
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citation: "Delaware SB 31 (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", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Sarah McBride", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Trey Paradee"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-01-18"
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last_action: "2023-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/489d67db-b008-4983-988f-420a1dd6a01e"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129948"
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source_hash: "67b652400cf7430f5571d9358f0827c4e02a35639eb615431bada8af89117bf3"
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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 SB 31 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PRIMARY CARE COVERAGE.
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This Act corrects a technical error in SB 227 (149th General Assembly) by establishing requirements for group and blanket health insurance plans that align with existing requirements for individual and State employee health insurance plans. As introduced, SB 227 specified that coverage for chronic care management under all 3 of these health insurance plan types cannot be subject to patient deductibles, copayments, or fees. Senate Amendment 1 to SB 227 made various intentional changes to SB 227 but also accidentally deleted the line that applied this chronic care management requirement to group and blanket plans. SB 227, as amended, passed both chambers unanimously. As a result, since January 1, 2019, there has been an unintentional difference in the requirements between the plan types. This Act corrects that divergence.
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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=129948&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB31)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-18** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-25** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2023-01-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-03-02** 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 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-28** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2023-05-12** 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/489d67db-b008-4983-988f-420a1dd6a01e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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