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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COVERAGE FOR DOULA SERVICES."
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description: "In 2023, the General Assembly passed House Bill 80, which required the coverage of doula services under the State’s Medicaid plan beginning in 2024. This Act would require similar coverage under private health insurance plans."
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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 362"
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citation: "Delaware HB 362 (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", "Eric Morrison", "Kendra Johnson", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Marie Pinkney", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "William Bush"]
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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: "2024-04-11"
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last_action: "2024-09-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7333819b-e602-4b30-9c2f-7df251caa3df"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141170"
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source_hash: "6e31368f0d334fde47340594b15d73c0c57b0d5302befb783199485d754f44d8"
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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 362 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COVERAGE FOR DOULA SERVICES.
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In 2023, the General Assembly passed House Bill 80, which required the coverage of doula services under the State’s Medicaid plan beginning in 2024. This Act would require similar coverage under private health insurance plans.
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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=141170&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB362)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-04-11** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-23** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-13** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-06-13** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-09-24** 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/7333819b-e602-4b30-9c2f-7df251caa3df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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