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HA1TOHB169 • 2025

This amendment conforms language found in Chapter 48B of Title 16 with the changes in House Bill No.

This amendment conforms language found in Chapter 48B of Title 16 with the changes in House Bill No.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Minor-Brown
Last action
2025-06-05
Official status
Introduced and Placed With Bill
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill is an amendment attached to House Bill No. 169; its final status depends on that main bill's passage.

Amendment to Update Names for Opioid Funds

This amendment updates state law by replacing references to an old group name with a new commission name in sections about opioid settlement funds.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the text in Chapter 48B of Title 16 of the Delaware Code.
  • Replaces 'Behavioral Health Consortium' with 'Prescription Opioid Settlement Distribution Commission' in Section 4803B regarding the Prescription Opioid Impact Fund.
  • Replaces 'Behavioral Health Consortium' with 'Prescription Opioid Settlement Distribution Commission' in Section 4808B regarding the Prescription Opioid Settlement Fund.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Prescription Opioid Settlement Distribution Commission
  • State agencies managing Chapter 48B of Title 16

Limits and Unknowns

  • This text only shows changes to names and does not explain what the commission will do with the money.
  • The effective date for this change is not listed in the provided source material.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-05 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Placed With Bill

Official Summary Text

This amendment conforms language found in Chapter 48B of Title 16 with the changes in House Bill No. 169.

Current Bill Text

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SPONSOR:

Rep. Minor-Brown

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

HOUSE BILL NO. 169

AMEND House Bill No. 169 by inserting the following after line 164:

“Section 2. Amend Chapter 48B, Title 16 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by underline as follows:

§ 4803B. Prescription Opioid Impact Fund.

(e) The

Behavioral Health Consortium

Prescription Opioid Settlement Distribution Commission

shall distribute the money in the Impact

Fund based upon the recommendations of the Prescription Opioid Settlement Distribution Commission.

Fund.

§ 4808B. Prescription Opioid Settlement Fund.

(g) The

Behavioral Health Consortium

Prescription Opioid Settlement Distribution Commission

shall distribute the money in the Settlement

Fund based upon the recommendations of the Prescription Opioid Settlement Distribution Commission.

Fund.

”.

SYNOPSIS

This amendment conforms language found in Chapter 48B of Title 16 with the changes in House Bill No. 169.