Delaware Senate Bill 272

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-7)
Status: Passed on September 24 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-09-24 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

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.

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.

Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown [D]	Sen. Darius Brown [D]	Sen. Eric Buckson [R]
Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]
Sen. Russ Huxtable [D]	Sen. David Lawson [R]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]
Sen. Sarah McBride [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]
Sen. Bryant Richardson [R]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]
Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha [D]
Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Rep. Sherae'a Moore [D]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Rep. Jeffrey Spiegelman [R]
Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]

2024-06-25 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-05-16 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-09-24		Signed by Governor
2024-06-25		Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
2024-06-20		Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 On Its Merits
2024-06-12		Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
2024-06-11		Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 6 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
2024-05-21		Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House
2024-05-16		Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
2024-05-16		Amendment SA 1 to SB 272 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
2024-05-15		Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
2024-05-15		Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
2024-05-08		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2024-05-07		Amendment SA 1 to SB 272 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2024-04-23		Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate

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Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#55667
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#56120