Delaware · Senate Bill 334 · 153rd General Assembly

Health Care Professional Access Act

SB 334 Sponsored by Marie Pinkney Withdrawn

  1. Introduced May 28, 2026
  2. In committee May 28, 2026
  3. Withdrawn  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

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

The Health Care Professional Access Act requires carriers to participate in uniform processes with specific timetables to create speed-to-market for health care professionals. Currently, health care professionals may be employed for 6 months or more with no ability to collect insurer reimbursement due to lengthy carrier credentialing process. Ensuring uniformity across carriers, as well as relevant procedural…

Read the full title (213 words)

The Health Care Professional Access Act requires carriers to participate in uniform processes with specific timetables to create speed-to-market for health care professionals. Currently, health care professionals may be employed for 6 months or more with no ability to collect insurer reimbursement due to lengthy carrier credentialing process. Ensuring uniformity across carriers, as well as relevant procedural standards, will help attract and retain health care professionals in our state, enable movement between practices and the creation of new ones, and ensure nondiscrimination in credentialing decisions. Under this Act, credentialing processes are limited to 45 days. This Act additionally provides for provisional credentialing, whereby reimbursement ability is provided even more quickly for certain health care professionals, including FQHCs, and in designated shortage areas which currently include mental health professionals statewide and primary and dental care in Kent and Sussex Counties, or is offered if timelines are not met. Oversight of compliance with this Act falls to the applicable regulatory agency. The Act also ensures specific processes and health care professional rights during a carrier’s intent to terminate a credential. More than 30 states have credentialing standards in law, with additional jurisdictions considering relevant legislation. Components of this legislation are derived from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Health Care Professional Credentialing Verification Model Act.

Every action

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

  1. CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate · Senate Health & Social Services
  2. CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits · Senate Health & Social Services
  3. SenateSubstituted in Senate by SS 1 for SB 334
  4. SenateSS 1 for SB 334 - - Introduced and Placed With Bill
  5. SenateSS 1 for SB 334 - - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
  6. SenateSS 1 for SB 334 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
  7. HouseSS 1 for SB 334 - Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House
  8. HouseSS 1 for SB 334 - Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits
  9. HouseSS 1 for SB 334 - Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
  10. SS 1 for SB 334 - Signed by Governor

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Democrat.

All 1 cosponsor

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.