Bill Text: TX HB707 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a study on expanding recovery housing in this state.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-16 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB707 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB707-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 707 |
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relating to a study on expanding recovery housing in this state. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) In this Act, "recovery housing" means a | ||
shared living environment that promotes sustained recovery from | ||
substance use disorders by integrating residents into the | ||
surrounding community and providing a setting that connects | ||
residents to supports and services promoting sustained recovery | ||
from substance use disorders, is centered on peer support, and is | ||
free from alcohol and drug use. | ||
(b) The Health and Human Services Commission shall conduct a | ||
study to evaluate the current status of and opportunities, | ||
challenges, and needs to expand recovery housing in this state. | ||
(c) In conducting the study, the Health and Human Services | ||
Commission shall: | ||
(1) identify and evaluate state and federal regulatory | ||
deficiencies and potential impacts on recovery housing, including | ||
the impacts on local government resources and interests of the | ||
surrounding community; | ||
(2) create focus groups with community stakeholders | ||
interested in recovery housing; | ||
(3) interview stakeholders and experts in recovery | ||
housing that represent both rural and urban areas of this state; | ||
(4) conduct site visits to recovery houses, including | ||
site visits to recovery houses demonstrating different models of | ||
recovery housing in both rural and urban areas of this state; and | ||
(5) review scholarly research on recovery housing. | ||
(d) Not later than December 1, 2022, the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission shall prepare and submit to the legislature a | ||
written report containing the results of the study and any | ||
recommendations for legislative or other action, including policy | ||
changes and the adoption or implementation of best practices and | ||
training and technical assistance resources. | ||
(e) This Act expires September 1, 2023. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 707 was passed by the House on April | ||
13, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 100, Nays 43, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 707 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 6. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |