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FL S1636
Bill
Status
Failed
3/8/2024
Primary Sponsor
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
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AI Summary
- Creates the Substance Use Disorder Housing Advisory Council within the Department of Children and Families, composed of representatives appointed by the Governor, Senate President, and House Speaker, serving staggered terms of up to 4 years and meeting at least monthly without compensation
- Requires the University of South Florida College of Public Health to assist the council in studying national best practice standards from SAMHSA, with the goal of removing obstacles to therapeutic housing and ensuring compliance with the ADA and Fair Housing Act
- Directs the council to review statewide zoning codes to determine how local laws affect licensed providers' ability to deliver evidence-based treatment and therapeutic housing, with a preliminary report due June 1, 2027 and a final report due September 1, 2027
- Amends legislative findings to recognize addiction treatment services as part of the private and public health care system, explicitly authorizing for-profit providers to deliver substance use disorder treatment services alongside not-for-profit providers
- Prohibits local laws, ordinances, or regulations adopted after January 1, 2024 from regulating the duration or frequency of a resident's stay in a certified recovery residence in areas where multifamily uses are allowed, and requires certain recovery residences to keep individual resident records confidential
Legislative Description
Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services
Last Action
Died in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
3/8/2024
Committee Referrals
Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services1/25/2024
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