Delaware Senate Bill 245 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-4)
Status: Passed on September 6 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-09-06 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This Act adopts the recommendation of the Behavioral and Mental Health Task Force, established in 2015 by Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 29, to establish a Behavioral and Mental Health Commission to provide oversight and monitoring of the provision of behavioral and mental healthcare in this State. This Act also establishes a Peer Review Subcommittee of the Commission that will serve as a peer review committee to review critical incident reports and treatment records of adult individuals with serious and persistent mental illness who meet the criteria for the target population of the ongoing settlement agreement between the United States and this State regarding the provision of adult institutional psychiatric care. The purpose of the Peer Review Subcommittee is to provide a system of ongoing oversight of the adult behavioral health system to achieve sustained, long-term compliance with the settlement agreement.

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Establishment Of A Behavioral And Mental Health Commission.

Sen. Bethany Hall-Long [D]	Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. David Bentz [D]
Rep. Earl Jaques [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]
Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Timothy Dukes [R]

2016-06-30 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-09-06	Senate	Signed by Governor
2016-06-30	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 39 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-06-29	House	Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT) in House with 1 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits
2016-06-28	House	Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
2016-06-23	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 18 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-06-23	Senate	Amendment SA 1 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 18 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-06-23	Senate	Amendment SA 1 - Introduced in Senate
2016-06-22	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2016-06-21	Senate	Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/106748b6dfc8119485257fa500490217?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+245/$file/legis.html?open
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/EngrossmentsforLookup/SB+245/$file/Engross.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/673390524a4e3e5c85257fe300016082?OpenDocument