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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2367 
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter an agreement 
with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 
to conduct a study on the quality and effectiveness of covered recovery 
housing in the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 5, 2021 
Mr. LEVIN of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
enter an agreement with the National Academies of 
Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a study 
on the quality and effectiveness of covered recovery hous-
ing in the United States, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Studying Outcomes 
and Benchmarks for Effective Recovery Homes Act’’ or 
the ‘‘SOBER Homes Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. NAS STUDY AND REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary 
for Mental Health and Substance Use, shall enter into an 
arrangement with the National Academies of Sciences, 
Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a study, which may 
include a literature review and case studies as appropriate, 
on— 
(1) the quality and effectiveness of recovery 
housing in the United States, including the avail-
ability in the United States of high-quality recovery 
housing and whether that availability meets the de-
mand for such housing in the United States; and 
(2) State, Tribal, and local regulation and over-
sight of recovery housing. 
(b) TOPICS.—The study under subsection (a) shall 
include a literature review of studies that— 
(1) examine the quality of, and effectiveness 
outcomes for, the types and characteristics of cov-
ered recovery housing programs listed in subsection 
(c); and 
(2) identify the research and data gaps that 
must be filled to better report on the quality of, and 
effectiveness outcomes related to, covered recovery 
housing. 
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(c) TYPE AND CHARACTERISTICS.—The types and 
characteristics of covered recovery housing programs re-
ferred to in subsection (b) consist of the following: 
(1) Nonprofit and for-profit covered recovery 
housing. 
(2) Private and public covered recovery housing. 
(3) Covered recovery housing programs that 
provide services to— 
(A) residents on a voluntary basis; and 
(B) residents pursuant to a judicial order. 
(4) Number of clients served, disaggregated to 
the extent possible by covered recovery housing serv-
ing— 
(A) 6 or fewer recovering residents; 
(B) 10 to 13 recovering residents; and 
(C) 18 or more recovering residents. 
(5) 
Bedroom 
occupancy 
in 
a 
house, 
disaggregated to the extent possible by— 
(A) single room occupancy; 
(B) 2 residents occupying 1 room; and 
(C) more than 2 residents occupying 1 
room. 
(6) Duration of services received by clients, 
disaggregated to the extent possible according to 
whether the services were— 
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(A) 30 days or fewer; 
(B) 31 to 90 days; 
(C) more than 90 days and fewer than 6 
months; or 
(D) 6 months or more. 
(7) Certification levels of staff. 
(8) Fraudulent and abusive practices by opera-
tors of covered recovery housing and inpatient and 
outpatient treatment facilities, both individually and 
in concert, including— 
(A) deceptive or misleading marketing 
practices, including— 
(i) inaccurate outcomes-based mar-
keting; and 
(ii) marketing based on non-evidence 
based practices; 
(B) illegal patient brokering; 
(C) third-party recruiters; 
(D) deceptive or misleading marketing 
practices of treatment facility and recovery 
housing online aggregators; and 
(E) the impact of such practices on health 
care costs and recovery rates. 
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(d) REPORT.—The arrangement under subsection (a) 
shall require, by not later than 12 months after the date 
of entering into the agreement— 
(1) completing the study under such subsection; 
and 
(2) making publicly available (including through 
publication on the internet) a report that contains— 
(A) the results of the study; 
(B) the National Academy’s recommenda-
tions for Federal, State, and local policies to 
promote the availability of high-quality recovery 
housing in the United States; 
(C) research and data gaps; 
(D) recommendations for recovery housing 
quality and effectiveness metrics; 
(E) recommended mechanisms to collect 
data on those metrics, including with respect to 
research and data gaps; and 
(F) a summary of allegations, assertions, 
or formal legal actions on the State and local 
levels by governments and nongovernmental or-
ganizations with respect to the opening and op-
eration of recovery housing. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
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