EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

Office of Management and Budget

GENERAL NOTICE

NOTICE

Senate Bill 225 as amended by Senate Amendments 1 and 2

November 28, 2018

Yvette Smallwood

Registrar of Regulations

411 Legislative Avenue

Dover, DE 19901

Ms. Smallwood,

The Delaware General Assembly enacted Senate Bill 225 as amended by Senate Amendments 1 and 2 on June 30, 2018. The legislation which relates to insurance coverage for non-opioid treatment of back pain was subsequently signed by Governor Carney on September 10, 2018 (81 Del Laws. c. 430).

Section 7 of this legislation states the following:

"Section 7. Section 4 and Section 5 of this Act take effect 10 days following the date of publication in the Register of Regulations of a notice that both of the following have occurred:

(1) Funds have been appropriated to implement the provisions of this Act.

(2) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget has provided notice to the Registrar of Regulations that the contingency in (1) has been fulfilled."

In accordance with Section 7 of Senate Bill 225, notice is hereby given that (1) sufficient funds have been appropriated in the current fiscal year to implement the provisions of Sections 4 and 5 of the Act effective January 11, 2019, corresponding to ten days subsequent to publication in the January 1, 2019 issue of the Register of Regulations; and (2) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget has provided notice to the Registrar of Regulations that the contingency in Section 7 (1) of Senate Bill 225 has been fulfilled.

Thank you,

Michael S. Jackson

Director