Delaware House Bill 245 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)
Status: Introduced on June 20 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-06-20 - Introduced in House and Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs Committee
Pending: House Housing & Community Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill creates licensing for recovery housing, which is housing for individuals recovering from substance use disorders that provides a safe and supportive substance-free environment and that may include peer support and other recovery support services. Right now recovery housing has no oversight although DSAMH has broad authority to license any setting that treatment is provided. This bill creates guidelines for the Division to actually oversee recovery housing and for recovery housing to obtain licensure by the Division.

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Recovery Housing Accreditation And Licensing.

Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]
Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. David Bentz [D]
Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha [D]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-20		Introduced in House and Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47798
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47798&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB245