Title: Ensuring Access to Quality Sober Living Act of 2018
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Ensuring Access to Quality Sober Living Act of 2017
This bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to publish best practices for operating recovery housing, to distribute such publication to the states, and to provide technical assistance to states seeking to adopt such practices. "Recovery housing" means a shared living environment free from alcohol and illegal drug use and centered on peer support and connection to services to promote recovery from substance use disorders.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4684 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4684

 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through 
    the Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment of the 
 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to publish 
 and disseminate best practices for operating a recovery housing, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 19, 2017

 Ms. Judy Chu of California (for herself, Mrs. Murphy of Florida, Mrs. 
 Bustos, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of 
New York, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Mrs. Mimi Walters of California, Ms. 
 Kuster of New Hampshire, and Mr. Bilirakis) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through 
    the Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment of the 
 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to publish 
 and disseminate best practices for operating a recovery housing, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Access to Quality Sober 
Living Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. BEST PRACTICES FOR OPERATING RECOVERY HOUSING.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting 
through the Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment of the 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration--
            (1) shall publish best practices for operating recovery 
        housing, based on--
                    (A) the applicable domains, core principles, and 
                standards of the National Alliance for Recovery 
                Residences; and
                    (B) input from other nationally accredited recovery 
                housing entities and from stakeholders;
            (2) shall disseminate such best practices to the government 
        of each State; and
            (3) may provide technical assistance to States seeking to 
        adopt or implement such best practices.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``recovery housing'' means a family-like, 
        shared living environment free from alcohol and illicit drug 
        use and centered on peer support and connection to services 
        that promote sustained recovery from substance use disorders.
            (2) The term ``State'' includes any of the several States, 
        the District of Columbia, and any territory or possession of 
        the United States.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section, 
there is authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 for the period of 
fiscal years 2018 through 2020.
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