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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16, 18, 29, AND 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MAMMOGRAMS."
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description: "This Act is a substitute for House Bill 253. Like HB 253, it requires health insurance companies, including State employee/retiree health plans and Medicaid, to cover annual mammograms for the purpose of early detection for a woman 40 years of age or older, with or without referral from the woman’s health care provider. It also prohibits mammography facilities from requiring that women, 40 years of age or older, provide the facility with the name of a healthcare provider in order to receive an annual screening mammogram."
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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 253"
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citation: "Delaware HB 253 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Eric Morrison", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Kimberly Williams", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Marie Pinkney", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Sarah McBride", "Sean Matthews", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "William Bush", "William J. Carson"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-12-14"
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last_action: "2024-10-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11edbb57-31de-44de-b30e-58fb7e20c728"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140804"
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source_hash: "a0bb7be94f01f1b752d62784daaf48ae025452eb5bbdeb2f3f35605f90d8088c"
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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 253 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16, 18, 29, AND 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MAMMOGRAMS.
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This Act is a substitute for House Bill 253. Like HB 253, it requires health insurance companies, including State employee/retiree health plans and Medicaid, to cover annual mammograms for the purpose of early detection for a woman 40 years of age or older, with or without referral from the woman’s health care provider. It also prohibits mammography facilities from requiring that women, 40 years of age or older, provide the facility with the name of a healthcare provider in order to receive an annual screening mammogram.
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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=140804&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1forHB253)
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2. **HA 1 to HS 1 for HB 253** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141112&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **34–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-12-14** Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 253, and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-21** Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-03-26** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-04-18** Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-04-18** Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 7 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-04-18** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-15** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2024-10-09** 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/11edbb57-31de-44de-b30e-58fb7e20c728`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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