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- Jurisdiction
- Delaware
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- 18 Del. C. (Insurance Code); bulletin authority
- Issued
- 2020-03-20 Mar. 20, 2020
- Effective
- Immediately (read as 2020-03-20)
- End
- In effect until withdrawn or superseded (read as 2021-06-30)
- In force
- Mar. 20, 2020 to June 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersOther
- Addressees
- all admitted and non-admitted insurance carriers doing business in Delaware, all lines
- Functions reached
- IN insurers' cancellation, telehealth and prior-authorization practices
- Collection
- Delaware DE
Operative words
'I. 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's declared State of Emergency. This request applies to all lines of insurance.' 'III. 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.' 'This Bulletin shall be effective immediately and shall remain in effect unless withdrawn or superseded by subsequent law, regulation or bulletin.'
Enforcement
Request and guidance ('This Bulletin is intended solely for informational purposes'); the binding non-lapse rule is the Sixth Modification § E (DE-009) issued four days later
Notes
Insurance regulator layer; the Governor's Sixth Modification converted the request into a binding non-lapse order effective Mar. 25, 2020.
Retrieval noteRead in full from the signed PDF hosted on news.delaware.gov; announced at news.delaware.gov/2020/03/20/new-bulletin-provides-recommendations-to-insurers-during-covid-19/.