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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TRANSITION PLANS."
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description: "This Act authorizes the Family Court to order the Department of Health and Social Services (\"DHSS\") to determine whether a child who is 17 years old or older and in the custody of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families (\"DSCYF\") qualifies for adult mental or behavioral health services. If the child does qualify for adult mental or behavioral health services, this Act authorizes the Family Court to order that DHSS coordinate with DSCYF to develop and implement a transition plan for mental or behavioral health services for the child."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 40"
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citation: "Delaware HB 40 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Catherine Cloutier", "Harris B. McDowell", "Sean M. Lynn"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-01-18"
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last_action: "2017-09-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8431aabc-1ca4-440d-93a8-c6cef3bd7219"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25394"
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source_hash: "ba6fe675d01925bc23df6557ef7039d9ee53d125ca88109ab792074c9e047660"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 40 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TRANSITION PLANS.
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This Act authorizes the Family Court to order the Department of Health and Social Services ("DHSS") to determine whether a child who is 17 years old or older and in the custody of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families ("DSCYF") qualifies for adult mental or behavioral health services. If the child does qualify for adult mental or behavioral health services, this Act authorizes the Family Court to order that DHSS coordinate with DSCYF to develop and implement a transition plan for mental or behavioral health services for the child.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25394&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB40)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **18–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Catherine Cloutier — primary (person)
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- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-18** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-15** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-03-28** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-03-28** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-26** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-05-03** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-09-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8431aabc-1ca4-440d-93a8-c6cef3bd7219`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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