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CS/HB 479: Substance Abuse Service Providers

GENERAL BILL by Health and Human Services Committee ; Caruso ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Fetterhoff ; Mooney

Substance Abuse Service Providers; Revises types of expenditures for programs & services eligible for state payment; requires service provider applicants to include names & locations of recovery residences in license applications; requires providers to provide DCF with record of recovery residences by specified date; provides civil penalties; requires certified recovery residence administrators to demonstrate ability to meet specified requirements; prohibits administrators from actively managing certain number of residents; requires service providers to return individual's personal effects upon discharge.

Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 3/4/2022 House - Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see SB 704 (Ch. 2022-231)
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/3/2021 House • Filed
11/10/2021 House • Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
• Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
• Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
• Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
1/10/2022 House • Added to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee agenda
1/11/2022 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
1/12/2022 House • Favorable by Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
• Reported out of Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
• Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
1/25/2022 House • Added to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
1/27/2022 House • Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
1/28/2022 House • Reported out of Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
• Now in Health & Human Services Committee
2/21/2022 House • Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
2/23/2022 House • Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee
2/24/2022 House • Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
2/25/2022 House • Bill referred to House Calendar
• Added to Second Reading Calendar
3/1/2022 House • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2022)
3/4/2022 House • Substituted SB 704
• Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see SB 704 (Ch. 2022-231)