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HB 80 Delaware House · 152nd General Assembly (2023-2024)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COVERAGE OF DOULA SERVICES.

Summary
This Act requires that doula services be covered by Medicaid in Delaware by January 1, 2024. It follows up on HB 343 from the 151st General Assembly which required the Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance to submit a plan for implementing this coverage, and draws on that completed report.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Jun 2023
House Passage
Jun 2023
Senate Passage
Jun 2023
Signed into Law
Aug 2023
Introduced Mar 2, 2023 Signed Aug 9, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Jun 29, 2023 · House Jun 22, 2023

How they voted

20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
Jun 29, 2023
D Democratic14
14 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican6
6 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
11
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Aug 9, 2023
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 29, 2023
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
upper
Jun 28, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
upper
Jun 27, 2023
Introduced
Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
upper
Jun 27, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
upper
Jun 22, 2023
Introduced
Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
upper
Jun 22, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
lower
Jun 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
lower
Mar 16, 2023
Introduced
Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
lower
Mar 15, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
lower
Mar 2, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
lower
20 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Bill Bush
Bill Bush
DDemocratic
DE
29
P
Photo of Bryan Townsend
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
DE
11
P
Photo of Bryant Richardson
Bryant Richardson
RRepublican
DE
21
P
Photo of Cyndie Romer
Cyndie Romer
DDemocratic
DE
25
P
Photo of Darius Brown
Darius Brown
DDemocratic
DE
2
P
Photo of Dave Wilson
Dave Wilson
RRepublican
DE
18
P
Photo of Eric Morrison
Eric Morrison
DDemocratic
DE
27
P
Photo of Kendra Johnson
Kendra Johnson
DDemocratic
DE
5
P
Photo of Kerri Harris
Kerri Harris
DDemocratic
DE
32
P
Photo of Laura Sturgeon
Laura Sturgeon
DDemocratic
DE
4
P
Photo of Madinah Wilson-Anton
Madinah Wilson-Anton
DDemocratic
DE
26
P
Photo of Marie Pinkney
Marie Pinkney
DDemocratic
DE
13
P
Photo of Melissa Minor-Brown
Melissa Minor-Brown
DDemocratic
DE
17
P
Photo of Paul Baumbach
Paul Baumbach
DDemocratic
DE
23
P
Photo of Pete Schwartzkopf
Pete Schwartzkopf
DDemocratic
DE
14
P
Photo of Russ Huxtable
Russ Huxtable
DDemocratic
DE
6
P
RB
Ruth Briggs King
RRepublican
DE
37
P
Photo of Sean Matthews
Sean Matthews
DDemocratic
DE
10
P
Photo of Spiros Mantzavinos
Spiros Mantzavinos
DDemocratic
DE
7
P
Photo of Val Longhurst
Val Longhurst
DDemocratic
DE
15