Delaware · House Bill 169 · 153rd General Assembly

Behavioral Health Consortium/Updates

HB 169 Sponsored by Melissa Minor-Brown Withdrawn

  1. Introduced May 15, 2025
  2. In committee May 15, 2025
  3. Withdrawn  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

This Act makes the following updates to the Behavioral Health Consortium: - Expands the charge of the Consortium to include all aspects of behavioral health care, in addition to substance use disorder. - Adds term limits for appointed members. - Modifies the membership to remove nonoperational organizations and include representation from the Maternal and Child Death Review Board and Delaware’s Veteran community.…

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This Act makes the following updates to the Behavioral Health Consortium: - Expands the charge of the Consortium to include all aspects of behavioral health care, in addition to substance use disorder. - Adds term limits for appointed members. - Modifies the membership to remove nonoperational organizations and include representation from the Maternal and Child Death Review Board and Delaware’s Veteran community. - Removes the Behavioral Health Commission’s approval authority over the Prescription Opioid Settlement Distribution Commission’s granting and contracting processes. Additionally, this Act makes the following updates to the Prescription Opioid Settlement Distribution Commission: - Revises the Commission’s organization to reflect one Chairperson. The Commission may elect a vice chair from among its members. - Updates authorities related to the distribution of the Prescription Opioid Settlement Fund and the Prescription Opioid Impact Fund. - Ensures any reports produced by the Commission are distributed to the Behavioral Health Consortium. This Act also makes minor technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

Every action

9 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House · House Health & Human Development
  2. CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 3 Favorable, 11 On Its Merits · House Health & Human Development
  3. HouseAmendment HA 1 to HB 169 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
  4. HouseSubstituted in House by HS 1 for HB 169
  5. HouseHS 1 for HB 169 - Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
  6. SenateHS 1 for HB 169 - Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
  7. SenateHS 1 for HB 169 - Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
  8. SenateHS 1 for HB 169 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
  9. HS 1 for HB 169 - Signed by Governor

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 3 cosponsors: 2 Democrats, 1 Republican.

All 3 cosponsors

From Delaware's official records (legis.delaware.gov), checked Nov 1, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.