Delaware · House Bill 377 · 152nd General Assembly

Retirees/Special Medicfill Medicare Supplement/Continue

HB 377 Sponsored by Paul S. Baumbach Became law

  1. Introduced May 16, 2024
  2. In committee May 16, 2024
  3. Passed the House Jun 13, 2024
  4. Passed the Senate Jun 20, 2024
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Oct 1, 2024

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

This Act implements a recommendation from the December 31, 2023, Report of the Retiree Healthcare Benefits Advisory Subcommittee (RHBAS). Under this Act, the State must continue to offer eligible pensioners first employed by the State as a regular officer or employee (first employed) before January 1, 2025, a plan that is comparable to the current Special Medicfill Medicare Supplement plan. However, for eligible…

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This Act implements a recommendation from the December 31, 2023, Report of the Retiree Healthcare Benefits Advisory Subcommittee (RHBAS). Under this Act, the State must continue to offer eligible pensioners first employed by the State as a regular officer or employee (first employed) before January 1, 2025, a plan that is comparable to the current Special Medicfill Medicare Supplement plan. However, for eligible pensioners first employed on or after January 1, 2025, the State may offer different Medicare supplement plans that are not high deductible plans. This Act differs from the RHBAS recommendation because it does not limit the plan for eligible pensioners first employed on or after January 1, 2025, to plans that are comparable to the current Medicare supplement Plan G and Plan L. This difference is because under this Act, the State will not be able to offer a different Medicare supplement plan to any eligible pensioners until January 1, 2040, and details about the Medicare supplement plans that will be available at that time is unknown. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual and to align with related legislation.

Every action

7 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House · House Administration
  2. CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits · House Administration
  3. HousePassed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT40–0 vote
  4. CommitteeAssigned to Executive Committee in Senate · Senate Executive
  5. CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits · Senate Executive
  6. SenatePassed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 ABSENT17–0 vote
  7. GovernorEnact w/o Sign by Governor

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 2 on the floor, 0 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT · Full House

Passed 40–0
Jun 13, 2024 · journal entry
Yes 40 No 0 Not voting 1
Democrats: 25 yes, 0 no Republicans: 15 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 40

Absent · 1

Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 ABSENT · Full Senate

Passed 17–0
Jun 20, 2024 · journal entry
Yes 17 No 0 Not voting 4
Democrats: 13 yes, 0 no Republicans: 4 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 17

Absent · 4

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 12 cosponsors: 11 Democrats, 1 Republican.

All 12 cosponsors

From Delaware's official records (legis.delaware.gov), checked Nov 1, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.