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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

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

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

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-14 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Placed With Bill

  2. 2026-05-14 Delaware General Assembly

    Stricken in Senate

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.

Current Bill Text

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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