HB 268 DE

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Became Law

House Bill No. 303, with House Amendment No. 2, from the 151st General Assembly created an annual behavioral health well check and required carriers to provide coverage for this service. In order to ensure providers of behavioral health well checks are fairly compensated, HB 303 required carriers to reimburse through common procedural technology (CPT) codes at the same billing rate. The cited CPT codes (99381-99387, 99391-99397) are used for services akin to a typical annual well visit for a new or established patient. Billing for the annual behavioral health well check under these CPT codes may impact the accuracy of state claims data from the Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance (DMMA) to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This Act amends Title 31 of the Delaware Code to allow DMMA to develop and implement new billing codes for a behavioral health well check. These developed codes must be comparable to the rates under the cited CPT codes.

• Valerie Longhurst · primary
• Nicole Poore Democratic · primary
• Russell Huxtable Democratic · primary
• Kendra Johnson Democratic · primary
• Marie Pinkney Democratic · primary
• William Bush Democratic · primary
• Kerri Evelyn Harris Democratic · primary
• Sarah McBride · primary

1. Jan 4, 2024 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House · lower
2. Jan 10, 2024 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 6 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits · lower
3. Jan 23, 2024 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT · lower
4. Jan 23, 2024 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate · upper
5. Mar 20, 2024 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits · upper
6. Jun 27, 2024 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES · upper
7. Oct 23, 2024 Signed by Governor · executive