Delaware Senate Bill 204

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-17 - Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Before October 1, 2020, Delaware was 1 of only 3 states that did not offer some form of adult dental coverage through Medicaid. With the enactment of Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill 92 (150th General Assembly) (Chapter 187 of Volume 82 of the Laws of Delaware) and Senate Bill No. 237 (150th General Assembly) (Chapter 290 of Volume 82 of the Laws of Delaware), Delaware began providing dental care benefits to eligible Medicaid recipients in an amount not to exceed $1,000 per year, with the potential for an additional $1,500 per year for emergency care with the approval of the Department of Health and Social Services ("Department").

An Act To Amend Title 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Dental Care For Adult Medicaid Recipients.

Sen. Sarah McBride [D]	Rep. Kerri Harris [D]	Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton [D]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]
Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]	Sen. Russ Huxtable [D]
Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]
Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Rep. DeShanna Neal [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-17		Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
2024-01-17		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2024-01-09		Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140840
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=140840&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB204