AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE.
Summary
This bill requires that inadvertent out-of-network services be included in individual and group health insurance policies as well as group and blank health insurance policies. This bill defines inadvertent out-of-network services are those services that are covered under a policy or contract of health insurances, but are provided by an out-of-network provider in an in-network facility, or when in-network health care services are unavailable or not made available to the insured in the facility. Inadvertent out-of-network services also includes laboratory testing ordered by an in-network provider but performed by an out-of-network laboratory.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Dec 18, 2020
Last action Dec 18, 2020
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Dec 18, 2020
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
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3 primary · 26 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
P
Darius Brown
DDemocratic
P
DB
David Bentz
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Bush
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Carson
DDemocratic
Co
Brian Pettyjohn
RRepublican
Co
BC
Bruce C. Ennis
DDemocratic
Co
Danny Short
RRepublican
Co
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
Co
Debra Heffernan
DDemocratic
Co
Ed Osienski
DDemocratic
Co
Eric Morrison
DDemocratic
Co
Jeff Spiegelman
RRepublican
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