Bill > HB338

This bill amends Delaware law to ensure health carriers, which are insurance companies that provide health coverage, cover specific immunizations and preventive services without requiring patients to pay out-of-pocket costs like copayments, coinsurance, or deductibles. The changes specify that coverage must be provided for evidence-based items and services that had an "A" or "B" rating from the United States Preventive Services Task Force, as well as immunizations recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or supported by national clinical guidelines, all as they were in effect on January 1, 2025. It also mandates coverage for preventive care and screenings for infants, children, adolescents, and women as outlined in guidelines from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), also as of January 1, 2025. Importantly, the bill repeals previous provisions that allowed health carriers to stop covering services once recommendations or guidelines were updated, and it removes a clause that previously deemed certain 2009 breast cancer screening recommendations as not current. The intent is to solidify coverage for these important preventive health measures based on established recommendations and guidelines from specific federal bodies.