Fabio
78 lines
4.8 KiB
Markdown
78 lines
4.8 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
type: "Bill"
|
||
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HEALTH COVERAGE FOR SPEECH THERAPY."
|
||
description: "This Substitute bill adds 5 additional speech-language diagnosis to the 2 diagnoses listed in H.B. 273 and references that all 7 speech-language diagnoses are classified in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) for billing purposes. This Substitute bill broadens the definition of “child” from 1 year to first grade to include all children from birth to age 18. This Substitute bill deletes the definition of carrier since the term is not referred to in these new sections and clarifies that Section 2 refers to group and blanket health insurance policies not individual health policies. This Substitute bill also clarifies that the Act applies to all health insurance contracts delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed after December 31, 2024."
|
||
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
|
||
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
|
||
session: "152"
|
||
identifier: "HB 273"
|
||
citation: "Delaware HB 273 (152)"
|
||
classification: ["bill"]
|
||
subjects: []
|
||
status: "enacted"
|
||
primary_sponsors: ["Cyndie Romer", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Marie Pinkney", "Paul S. Baumbach", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Longhurst", "William Bush"]
|
||
version_count: 2
|
||
action_count: 9
|
||
vote_count: 3
|
||
first_action: "2024-03-13"
|
||
last_action: "2024-11-01"
|
||
source: "openstates"
|
||
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81b175ac-2953-495d-b8b7-b54c49a4017e"
|
||
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141038"
|
||
source_hash: "b8b127a2c6ec0d9c37442b8534c7e15faa94223f0101a62cb3aef947149bee99"
|
||
vintage: "2026-07-01"
|
||
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
|
||
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
|
||
confidence: "reported"
|
||
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
# Delaware HB 273 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HEALTH COVERAGE FOR SPEECH THERAPY.
|
||
|
||
This Substitute bill adds 5 additional speech-language diagnosis to the 2 diagnoses listed in H.B. 273 and references that all 7 speech-language diagnoses are classified in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) for billing purposes. This Substitute bill broadens the definition of “child” from 1 year to first grade to include all children from birth to age 18. This Substitute bill deletes the definition of carrier since the term is not referred to in these new sections and clarifies that Section 2 refers to group and blanket health insurance policies not individual health policies. This Substitute bill also clarifies that the Act applies to all health insurance contracts delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed after December 31, 2024.
|
||
|
||
## Version chain
|
||
|
||
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
|
||
|
||
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=141038&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS2forHB273)
|
||
2. **SA 1 to HS 2 for HB 273** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141395&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
|
||
|
||
## Votes
|
||
|
||
- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
|
||
- SM — **29–8** (pass) · lower
|
||
- SM — **16–5** (pass) · upper
|
||
|
||
## Sponsors
|
||
|
||
- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
|
||
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
|
||
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
|
||
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
|
||
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
|
||
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
|
||
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
|
||
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
|
||
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
|
||
- William Bush — primary (person)
|
||
|
||
## Timeline
|
||
|
||
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
|
||
|
||
- **2024-03-13** was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 273 `introduction`
|
||
- **2024-03-19** Passed By House. Votes: 29 YES 8 NO 4 ABSENT `passage`
|
||
- **2024-03-19** Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
|
||
- **2024-05-15** Amendment SA 1 to HS 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
|
||
- **2024-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
|
||
- **2024-06-18** Amendment SA 1 to HS 2 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
|
||
- **2024-06-18** Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 NO `passage`
|
||
- **2024-06-25** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
|
||
- **2024-11-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
|
||
|
||
## Source
|
||
|
||
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81b175ac-2953-495d-b8b7-b54c49a4017e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
|
||
|