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SA1TOSB249 • 2025
This Amendment authorizes the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health to coordinate with State, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies to establish voluntary deflection and referral pathways to connect individuals to harm reduction programs and behavioral health treatment services, including pathways available before and after arrest.
This Amendment authorizes the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health to coordinate with State, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies to establish voluntary deflection and referral pathways to connect individuals to harm reduction programs and behavioral health treatment services, including pathways available before and after arrest.
Passed Legislature
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- Sponsor
- Pinkney
- Last action
- 2026-05-14
- Official status
- Stricken 5/14/26
- Effective date
- Not listed
Plain English Breakdown
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This Amendment authorizes the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health to coordinate with State, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies to establish voluntary deflection and referral pathways to connect individuals to harm reduction programs and behavioral health treatment services, including pathways available before and after arrest.
This Amendment authorizes the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health to coordinate with State, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies to establish voluntary deflection and referral pathways to connect individuals to harm reduction programs and behavioral health treatment services, including pathways available before and after arrest.
What This Bill Does
- This Amendment authorizes the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health to coordinate with State, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies to establish voluntary deflection and referral pathways to connect individuals to harm reduction programs and behavioral health treatment services, including pathways available before and after arrest.
Limits and Unknowns
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Official Summary Text
This Amendment authorizes the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health to coordinate with State, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies to establish voluntary deflection and referral pathways to connect individuals to harm reduction programs and behavioral health treatment services, including pathways available before and after arrest.
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Legislation Document
SPONSOR:
Sen. Pinkney
DELAWARE STATE SENATE
153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY
SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
SENATE BILL NO. 249
AMEND Senate Bill No. 249 by deleting line 37 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
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§ 4803. Harm reduction programs; regulatory authority; deflection and referral pathways.
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FURTHER AMEND Senate Bill No. 249 by inserting the following after line 41 and before line 42:
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(d) The Division may coordinate with State, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies to establish voluntary deflection and referral pathways connecting individuals to programs and behavioral health treatment services, including pathways available before and after arrest.
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SYNOPSIS
This Amendment authorizes the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health to coordinate with State, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies to establish voluntary deflection and referral pathways to connect individuals to harm reduction programs and behavioral health treatment services, including pathways available before and after arrest.
Author: Senator Pinkney