AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM AND THE PRESCRIPTION OPIOID DISTRIBUTION COMMISSION.

New control over Delaware opioid funding

Delaware’s Prescription Opioid Settlement Distribution Commission now controls distributions from the Prescription Opioid Settlement Fund and Prescription Opioid Impact Fund. It replaces the Behavioral Health Consortium’s approval role. The Commission can award grants, direct state health department contracts, or send money to state agencies and local governments. Each distribution needs a majority vote of members present at a public meeting with enough members for a quorum. If the Commission rejects a grant or government funding application, it must explain why in writing. It may let the applicant revise and resubmit. The law sets no funding amounts or guaranteed household payments; effects on opioid-related services depend on funding decisions.