An Act to Amend Title 11 and Title 16 of the Delaware Code Relating to Individuals with Mental Illness.
It became law on Apr 30, 2018.
- Stage
- Became law
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- +16
- Latest action
- Apr 30, 2018
What it does
This Substitute Act incorporates House Bill No. 302, and also makes the following changes to House Bill No. 302: (1) Creates a new § 5403 of Title 16, which permits a mental health service provider, institution, agency, or hospital to disclose confidential communications to a law enforcement if the mental health service provider, institution, agency, or hospital concludes that the patient is dangerous to self or dangerous to others. (2) Adds definitions for “dangerous to others” and “dangerous to self” that are based on the definition in § 5001 of Title 16, but expand the temporal imminence of the individual’s actions. (3) Permits a law-enforcement officer to obtain an order of…
Where it stands
This bill passed and is now law.
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Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- David Bentz
- Debra Heffernan
- John A. Kowalko
- Margaret Rose Henry
- Val Longhurst
- Anthony Delcollo
- Bryan Townsend
- Catherine Cloutier
- Dave Sokola
- Earl G. Jaques Jr.
- Ernesto B. Lopez
- Gerald L. Brady
- Gregory F. Lavelle
- Harris B. McDowell
- John L. Mitchell
- Nicole Poore
- Paul Baumbach
- Pete Schwartzkopf
- Robert Marshall
- Stephanie Hansen
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Where it goes next
It is law in Delaware. What happens now is up to the agency that carries it out, the courts, and the place itself.