Delaware Senate Bill 35 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-6)
Status: Passed on May 4 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-05-04 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

The State Employee Benefits Committee has voted in favor of providing health coverage for those “eligible child dependents” who will graduate from college in May 2011. Under the terms of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, the State of Delaware must provide dependent coverage for eligible adults until the age of 26 beginning on July 1, 2011. Current Delaware law provides dependent coverage for full time students until the age of 24. There are approximately 120 students who will graduate in May 2011, and would have to be removed from their parent’s health plan as of June 1, 2011. Assuming they meet the requirements of the federal health care act, they would be eligible to re-enroll in their parent’s plan on July 1, 2011. This bill enables those graduating students to remain on their parent’s plan for the month of June. This bill will have to financial impact on the General Fund. The Office of Management and Budget conservatively estimates that coverage for these students for one month may cost $46,000. Those funds, however, will be paid by the Health Fund, and the SEBC has approved those payments.

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Dependent Health Coverage.

Rep. Michael Barbieri [D]	Rep. Edward Bennett [D]	Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]
Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]	Sen. Catherine Cloutier [R]	Sen. Dorinda Connor [R]
Sen. Bethany Hall-Long [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Rep. Earl Jaques [D]	Rep. James Johnson [D]
Sen. Michael Katz [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Sen. Gregory Lavelle [R]	Sen. Robert Marshall [D]
Sen. David McBride [D]	Sen. Harris McDowell [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]
Sen. Karen Peterson [D]	Rep. Teresa Schooley [D]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]	Rep. Bryon Short [D]
Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Liane Sorenson [R]	Rep. John Viola [D]

2011-05-03 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-04-12 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 18 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-04		Signed by Governor
2011-05-03		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 41 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2011-05-03		Necessary rules are suspended in House
2011-04-13		Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House
2011-04-12		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 18 YES 3 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2011-03-30		Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
2011-03-22		Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/c26792448b8cdf8485257856006addcb?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+35/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/4b0203bdbd31fa88852578700065c06d?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/d8dd9346a08bf0d985257885006f7d72?OpenDocument