HB 1303 Summary

• Reduces the timeframe for certified recovery residences to retain a replacement administrator from 90 days to 30 days when an administrator is removed, with a 90-day requirement if the administrator had been approved to manage more than 50 residents.

• Requires the Department of Children and Families to adopt rules establishing certification requirements for recovery residences, and mandates that any changes to these requirements by credentialing entities on or after October 1, 2023, be adopted by department rule before becoming effective and enforceable.

• Allows credentialing entities to approve certified recovery residence administrators to manage up to 250 residents if they have been approved for 100 residents, the residence is wholly owned or controlled by a licensed service provider, and the provider maintains at least one staff member per eight residents.

• Creates the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment and Housing Task Force with nine members to study regulation of treatment providers and therapeutic housing, evaluate chapter 419 compliance, and review statewide zoning codes; task force must report findings by December 31, 2024, and the department must submit a report by June 30, 2025.

• Exempts certified recovery residences from state and local zoning laws and ordinances that do not apply to other single-family and multifamily dwellings from July 1, 2023, through July 1, 2026; task force expires July 1, 2026.