No. CS/HB 923
Filed under Healthcare.
Recovery Residences; Specifies level of background screening DCF must require of certain persons; prohibits department from requiring certain existing licensed service providers that are seeking to add licensed services or one or more additional levels of care at existing licensed location or at one or more new locations to admit individuals for services during probationary period, if certain requirements are met within specified timeframe; removes provisions prohibiting certified recovery residences from denying individual access to housing on or after specified date.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDCertified recovery residences may once again deny someone housing solely because a doctor has prescribed them federally approved medication for substance use disorder treatment, reversing a protection that took effect in January 2025.
The definition of a "transfer" of a substance abuse license narrows to only two situations: transferring a majority ownership interest, or transferring license responsibilities to another entity by contract. Anything else no longer counts as a transfer.
When 5 percent or more of a licensee's controlling interest changes hands, the department may require only level 2 background screening for the officers, directors, and managers who gain operational control.
An existing provider in good standing that adds services or opens a new location offering its current level of care no longer has to admit clients during its probationary license period for that expansion.
AIRemoves the rule barring certified recovery residences from denying someone access to housing solely because a doctor prescribed them federally approved medication for substance use disorder treatment. That protection had applied since January 2025.
AIAn existing, compliant licensed provider that adds services or a new location at its current level of care is not required by the department to admit individuals for services during the probationary license period for that expansion, so long as it has no outstanding violations and no recent department action against its license.
AIChanges the definition of "transfer" from an open-ended, illustrative one to an exhaustive one covering only a transfer of majority ownership interest or a contractual transfer of license responsibilities to another entity. Other kinds of ownership or control changes no longer count as a transfer under this rule.
AIWhen 5 percent or more of a licensee's controlling interest transfers to a new person or entity, the department may require only level 2 background screening for the officers, directors, managing members, and individuals who gain operational control on that new owner's behalf.