{"id":"DE-071","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Delaware","state":"DE","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Trinidad Navarro, Insurance Commissioner, Delaware Department of Insurance","authority":"18 Del. C. (Insurance Code); bulletin authority","instrument":"Domestic and Foreign Insurers Bulletin No. 116, COVID-19","title":"Insurance Commissioner\u0027s Bulletin No. 116 (requests that all admitted and non-admitted carriers suspend cancellations and nonrenewals for nonpayment during the State of Emergency; telehealth coverage; waiver of pre-authorization for COVID-19 testing and treatment encouraged)","dateIssued":"2020-03-20","effective":"Immediately","end":"In effect until withdrawn or superseded","startDate":"2020-03-20","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["OTHER","HC"],"addressees":["all admitted and non-admitted insurance carriers doing business in Delaware, all lines"],"clause":"\u0027I. Suspension of Cancellations and Nonrenewals... the Commissioner hereby requests that all admitted and non-admitted carriers doing business in Delaware suspend cancellations and nonrenewals due to nonpayment of premium during the pendency of the Governor\u0027s declared State of Emergency. This request applies to all lines of insurance.\u0027 \u0027III. Waiver of Pre-Authorization Requirements... The Department is encouraging carriers to waive all pre-authorization requirements for the lab testing and treatment of confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patients.\u0027 \u0027This Bulletin shall be effective immediately and shall remain in effect unless withdrawn or superseded by subsequent law, regulation or bulletin.\u0027","enforcement":"Request and guidance (\u0027This Bulletin is intended solely for informational purposes\u0027); the binding non-lapse rule is the Sixth Modification § E (DE-009) issued four days later","functions":["IN insurers\u0027 cancellation, telehealth and prior-authorization practices"],"notes":"Insurance regulator layer; the Governor\u0027s Sixth Modification converted the request into a binding non-lapse order effective Mar. 25, 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://news.delaware.gov/files/2020/03/FINAL-No.-116-COVID-19-Signed.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":126805,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"DE","url":"/library/DE-071","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DE-071","citation":"Trinidad Navarro, Insurance Commissioner, Delaware Department of Insurance, Domestic and Foreign Insurers Bulletin No. 116, COVID-19 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. DE-071)","stateName":"Delaware","related":["DE-009","DE-065"]}