Files
2026-07-06 17:26:56 -04:00

65 lines
3.2 KiB
Markdown
Raw Permalink Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES."
description: "This Act creates the 17-person Behavioral Health Planning and Advisory Council to the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health and ensures the Council will satisfy the requirements of Title XIX of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-4(a)). The Act designates the Council as Delawares State Mental Health Planning Council under Title XIX of the Public Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. 300x). The Act also makes clear that the Council is a public body for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 355"
citation: "Delaware HB 355 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David B. McBride", "Kendra Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-06-17"
last_action: "2020-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8cd0341-1092-496e-8e9b-c8184c0b8ec4"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48156"
source_hash: "82dd56430fa81e88ce06a88696e0c57d96db9bfa8d18ba869595cc5d10cd8459"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware HB 355 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES.
This Act creates the 17-person Behavioral Health Planning and Advisory Council to the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health and ensures the Council will satisfy the requirements of Title XIX of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-4(a)). The Act designates the Council as Delawares State Mental Health Planning Council under Title XIX of the Public Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. 300x). The Act also makes clear that the Council is a public body for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=48156&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB355)
## Votes
- 3/5 — **210** (pass) · upper
- SM — **410** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- David B. McBride — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-06-17** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-24** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2020-06-24** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2020-06-25** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2020-06-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2020-08-06** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8cd0341-1092-496e-8e9b-c8184c0b8ec4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).