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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 18 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PHARMACIST CARE."
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description: "Pharmacists in Delaware provide some of the same medical services as physicians, advance practice registered nurses, and physician assistants, including immunizations. The General Assembly has recently added to the services that pharmacists may provide, including prescribing birth control, testing and treating for a variety of conditions, and prescribing pre-exposure and post-exposure HIV prophylaxis. However, health insurance plans do not currently recognize pharmacists as a provider type that may seek reimbursement for these services, despite already providing coverage for the same services if they were obtained from other providers. This could lead to many pharmacists not providing such expanded services due to the lack of insurance coverage."
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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 272"
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citation: "Delaware SB 272 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Darius J. Brown", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Eric Morrison", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sean Matthews", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-04-23"
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last_action: "2024-09-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6337c200-5607-46b9-8c98-02302f613a05"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141237"
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source_hash: "36768cfd22e43ea3156996001f1c2d0281b16edbe4d29cb444353939f2b5f833"
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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 272 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 18 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PHARMACIST CARE.
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Pharmacists in Delaware provide some of the same medical services as physicians, advance practice registered nurses, and physician assistants, including immunizations. The General Assembly has recently added to the services that pharmacists may provide, including prescribing birth control, testing and treating for a variety of conditions, and prescribing pre-exposure and post-exposure HIV prophylaxis. However, health insurance plans do not currently recognize pharmacists as a provider type that may seek reimbursement for these services, despite already providing coverage for the same services if they were obtained from other providers. This could lead to many pharmacists not providing such expanded services due to the lack of insurance coverage.
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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=141237&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB272)
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2. **SA 1 to SB 272** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141308&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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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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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — 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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- 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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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-04-23** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-07** Amendment SA 1 to SB 272 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-05-08** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-15** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-15** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-05-16** Amendment SA 1 to SB 272 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-05-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-05-21** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-11** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 6 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-12** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-06-25** Passed By House. Votes: 40 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/6337c200-5607-46b9-8c98-02302f613a05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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