Senate Bill 24-048 Summary

• Establishes a Recovery-Friendly Workplace Program administered by the Center for Health, Work, and Environment at the Colorado School of Public Health to help employers become "participants" or "certified recovery-friendly workplaces" that support employees with substance use disorders.

• Creates two designation levels: participants complete orientation and pledge commitment; certified workplaces complete additional standardized assessments and set time-limited improvement goals within one year.

• Appropriates $789,805 for fiscal year 2024-25 across multiple state departments, including $303,752 to higher education for the Center, $144,321 to the Department of Education for recovery school grants, and $37,980 to the Department of Revenue for liquor enforcement rules on alcohol display locations.

• Establishes a Recovery School Grant Program providing $50,000 in grants to schools educating students in recovery from substance use disorders and requires districts to count students transferring to recovery high schools in pupil enrollment calculations.

• Declares recovery residences as residential property uses subject only to same zoning regulations as like dwellings, and requires the Liquor Enforcement Division to adopt rules by July 1, 2025 regarding alcohol beverage display locations to assist individuals in recovery.