republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/sb-71.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT POLICIES.	This Act creates a special open enrollment period for persons who are already enrolled in a Medicare supplement policy or certificate to cancel their existing policy or certificate and purchase another Medicare supplement policy or certificate that provides the same or lesser benefits. Only persons who are already enrolled in a Medicare supplement policy or certificate are eligible for the special open enrollment period. The special enrollment period begins 30 days before an eligible person's birthday and remains open for at least 30 days following the eligible person's birthday. During this special open enrollment period, individuals switching from one Medicare supplement policy to another cannot be denied coverage and coverage and rates cannot be dependent upon the person’s medical history. The Act also obligates issuers to notify eligible persons who are enrolled in their Medicare supplement policies or certificates of the dates of the open enrollment period, at least 30 days before it begins, and of any modification to the benefits provided by the policy under which the person is currently insured.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	SB 71	Delaware SB 71 (153)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Bryant L. Richardson Claire Snyder-Hall Cyndie Romer Eric Morrison Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Ray Seigfried Spiros Mantzavinos	0	7	2	2025-04-09	2025-09-03	openstates	ocd-bill/7c53ae8b-b57b-4b60-ac47-a178600618a7	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141935	bd35182ccc16e8f7bc71fb41d065501177a8ae01cd58bc9f6164df91966ead1d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 71 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT POLICIES.

This Act creates a special open enrollment period for persons who are already enrolled in a Medicare supplement policy or certificate to cancel their existing policy or certificate and purchase another Medicare supplement policy or certificate that provides the same or lesser benefits. Only persons who are already enrolled in a Medicare supplement policy or certificate are eligible for the special open enrollment period. The special enrollment period begins 30 days before an eligible person's birthday and remains open for at least 30 days following the eligible person's birthday. During this special open enrollment period, individuals switching from one Medicare supplement policy to another cannot be denied coverage and coverage and rates cannot be dependent upon the person’s medical history. The Act also obligates issuers to notify eligible persons who are enrolled in their Medicare supplement policies or certificates of the dates of the open enrollment period, at least 30 days before it begins, and of any modification to the benefits provided by the policy under which the person is currently insured.

Version chain

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

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-04-09 Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-05-08 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2025-05-13 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2025-05-14 Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-06-10 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 8 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2025-06-12 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2025-09-03 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7c53ae8b-b57b-4b60-ac47-a178600618a7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).