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2024 SESSION
SB 190 Recovery residences; certification requirements, death and serious injury reports, report.
Introduced by: Suhas Subramanyam | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Recovery residences; certification requirements; death and serious injury reports; work group; report. Requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to promulgate regulations that require recovery residences to (i) comply with uniform health and safety requirements established by the Department and published on its website and (ii) report to the Department, in the same manner as licensed facilities and programs, any death or serious injury that occurs in the recovery residence. The bill requires the Department to maintain on its website the certification standards of the credentialing entity for each recovery residence. The bill also requires the Department to convene a work group to (a) analyze and make recommendations regarding the creation of a process through which the Department can provide oversight of all recovery residences in the Commonwealth, (b) make recommendations to ensure transparency with the public and residents or potential residents of recovery residences regarding the certification of each recovery residence, and (c) report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by November 1, 2024.
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HISTORY
- 01/08/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104654D
- 01/08/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 01/12/24 Senate: Incorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N) (SB19-Favola)