republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-211.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ENLARGEMENT OF THE COMPOSITION AND SCOPE OF HEALTH INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE DRUG OVERDOSE FATALITY REVIEW COMMISSION.	Section one of this Act would grant access to data from the prescription monitoring program to the Drug Overdose Fatality Review Commission, which would significantly enhance the Commission’s ability to meet its statutory duties. In addition, this section of the amendment broadens the pool of individuals from the Division of Forensic Science who may be designated as members to the Commission. This section of the amendment also clarifies the scope of records that may be compelled for production by the Commission. Sections two and three of this Act allows the Drug Overdose Fatality Review Commission to obtain and review medical records, including mental health and substance abuse records, in furtherance of its statutory duties and in compliance with Delaware’s privacy and confidentiality laws.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 211	Delaware HB 211 (149)	bill		enacted	Ernesto B Lopez Margaret Rose Henry Stephanie T. Bolden Timothy D. Dukes	1	7	2	2017-06-06	2017-07-21	openstates	ocd-bill/caef4c16-98ad-4993-8cc0-35bf5694f834	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25876	c730b456f89e1cb969b4dbd6bdcec8a9683be4cad89b83506940ed556bfe90ea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 211 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ENLARGEMENT OF THE COMPOSITION AND SCOPE OF HEALTH INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE DRUG OVERDOSE FATALITY REVIEW COMMISSION.

Section one of this Act would grant access to data from the prescription monitoring program to the Drug Overdose Fatality Review Commission, which would significantly enhance the Commission’s ability to meet its statutory duties. In addition, this section of the amendment broadens the pool of individuals from the Division of Forensic Science who may be designated as members to the Commission. This section of the amendment also clarifies the scope of records that may be compelled for production by the Commission. Sections two and three of this Act allows the Drug Overdose Fatality Review Commission to obtain and review medical records, including mental health and substance abuse records, in furtherance of its statutory duties and in compliance with Delaware’s privacy and confidentiality laws.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
• Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-06-06 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-07 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 11 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-13 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2017-06-13 Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-07-02 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-07-21 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/caef4c16-98ad-4993-8cc0-35bf5694f834. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).