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SB 35 Delaware Senate · 150th General Assembly (2019-2020)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO HEALTH INSURANCE CONTRACTS.

Summary
This Act revises Delaware Insurance Code provisions related to the individual and group health insurance markets to directly incorporate into Delaware law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s consumer protections related to the following: (1) The prohibition of preexisting condition provisions. (2) Guaranteed issue and availability of coverage. (3) Permissible rating factors. This Act also ties references in Delaware law to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to that law as it was in effect on January 1, 2018. This ensures the ACA’s core consumer protection provisions will remain in place during the uncertainty surrounding the ACA in light of recent court challenges. Finally, this Act makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2019
Committee Review
May 2019
Senate Passage
Apr 2019
House Passage
Jun 2019
Signed into Law
Aug 2019
Introduced Mar 12, 2019 Signed Aug 6, 2019
Floor votes · House Jun 27, 2019

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Aug 6, 2019
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 26 YES 15 NO
lower
May 15, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 8 On Its Merits
lower
Apr 11, 2019
Introduced
Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House
lower
Apr 10, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 NO
upper
Mar 27, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
upper
Mar 12, 2019
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate
upper
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Bill Bush
Bill Bush
DDemocratic
DE
29
Co
AD
Anthony Delcollo
RRepublican
DE
7
Co
BC
Bruce C. Ennis
DDemocratic
DE
14
Co
Photo of Bryan Townsend
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
DE
11
Co
CC
Catherine Cloutier
RRepublican
DE
5
Co
Photo of Dave Sokola
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
DE
8
Co
Photo of Debra Heffernan
Debra Heffernan
DDemocratic
DE
6
Co
GL
Gerald L. Brady
DDemocratic
DE
4
Co
JA
John A. Kowalko
DDemocratic
DE
25
Co
Photo of Nicole Poore
Nicole Poore
DDemocratic
DE
12
Co
Photo of Paul Baumbach
Paul Baumbach
DDemocratic
DE
23