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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE CONNECTION. This Act allows law-enforcement officers to share an individual's identifying information with the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health ("DSAMH") if the officer suspects the individual is suffering from an overdose or a mental health crisis, allowing DSAMH to connect the individual with behavioral health treatment services. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 150 SB 161 Delaware SB 161 (150)
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Ruth Briggs King
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Delaware SB 161 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE CONNECTION.

This Act allows law-enforcement officers to share an individual's identifying information with the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health ("DSAMH") if the officer suspects the individual is suffering from an overdose or a mental health crisis, allowing DSAMH to connect the individual with behavioral health treatment services.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 200 (pass) · upper
  • SM — 400 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Anthony Delcollo — primary (person)
  • Krista Griffith — primary (person)
  • Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
  • Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
  • Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
  • Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
  • Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
  • Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
  • Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
  • Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
  • Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
  • Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-06-18 Introduced and Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2019-06-19 Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2019-06-20 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
  • 2019-06-21 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2019-06-27 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2019-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
  • 2019-08-13 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/40696a75-7ea3-4d35-a473-eebdcfee615c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).