Delaware General Assembly

Signed 9/10/21

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

6/3/21

Townsend

Sen. Hansen, S. McBride
Reps. Bentz, Heffernan, Yearick

Sen. Pettyjohn, Sokola, Walsh, Wilson
Reps. Baumbach, Brady, Briggs King, Gray, Griffith, Hensley, K. Johnson, Longhurst, Minor-Brown, Mitchell, Morrison, Ramone, Schwartzkopf, Michael Smith, Spiegelman, K. Williams, Wilson-Anton

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE COVERAGE AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY A CHIROPRACTOR.

Chiropractic care is a drugless system of health care. It is uniquely positioned as a treatment for back pain and chronic headaches, which a peer-reviewed medical journal has indicated are alarming drivers of opioid-related deaths. Other peer-reviewed studies have indicated that chiropractic physician care reduces opioid usage rates, costs significantly less than the opioid treatment path, and contributes to preventing addiction and overdose death. In Delaware, back problems are a top-three cost driver and are among the most common conditions resulting in disability and lost productivity. This Act helps to address these issues in Delaware and improves access for Delawareans seeking opioid-free treatment by ensuring chiropractors are reimbursed at least at the level of Medicare and not at historically persistent lower rates.

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9/10/21

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