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SJR19 • 2025

DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES TO EXPLORE SOLUTIONS RELATED TO THE STATE’S HIGH HEALTH CARE COSTS.

DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES TO EXPLORE SOLUTIONS RELATED TO THE STATE’S HIGH HEALTH CARE COSTS.

Budget
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Last action
2026-06-30
Official status
Passed By House. Votes: 31 YES 10 NO
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES TO EXPLORE SOLUTIONS RELATED TO THE STATE’S HIGH HEALTH CARE COSTS.

DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES TO EXPLORE SOLUTIONS RELATED TO THE STATE’S HIGH HEALTH CARE COSTS.

What This Bill Does

  • DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES TO EXPLORE SOLUTIONS RELATED TO THE STATE’S HIGH HEALTH CARE COSTS.
  • This Joint Resolution directs the Department of Health & Social Services to explore and consider additional solutions for tackling the State's high cost of health care and to submit a report to the General Assembly by January 1, 2027, that explores the feasibility of additional strategies to lower health care costs.
  • The report will explore updating the current Medicaid outlier methodology, ways to ensure further cost savings for 2027, and the feasibility of a statewide adoption of a global budget or 2-sided risk models, and will evaluate options for a public option or other publicly sponsored coverage strategy.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-30 Delaware General Assembly

    Laid On Table in House

  2. 2026-06-30 Delaware General Assembly

    Lifted From Table in House

  3. 2026-06-30 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By House. Votes: 31 YES 10 NO

  4. 2026-06-17 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 On Its Merits

  5. 2026-06-11 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment SA 1 to SJR 19 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

  6. 2026-06-11 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits

  7. 2026-06-11 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment SA 1 to SJR 19 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT

  8. 2026-06-11 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT

  9. 2026-06-11 Delaware General Assembly

    Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House

  10. 2026-06-09 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate

Official Summary Text

DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES TO EXPLORE SOLUTIONS RELATED TO THE STATE’S HIGH HEALTH CARE COSTS.
This Joint Resolution directs the Department of Health & Social Services to explore and consider additional solutions for tackling the State's high cost of health care and to submit a report to the General Assembly by January 1, 2027, that explores the feasibility of additional strategies to lower health care costs. The report will explore updating the current Medicaid outlier methodology, ways to ensure further cost savings for 2027, and the feasibility of a statewide adoption of a global budget or 2-sided risk models, and will evaluate options for a public option or other publicly sponsored coverage strategy.