H0119B0245A00744 NAD:EJH 04/18/17 #90 A00744
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 119
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE KAUFER
Printer's No. 245
Amend Bill, page 1, by inserting between lines 26 and 27
The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Individuals with alcohol and drug addictions may be
in need of a supportive, sober housing arrangement after
completing inpatient treatment for addiction.
(2) Stable housing has been recognized as a verifiable
need for individuals in recovery, especially early recovery,
but is often difficult to obtain.
(3) The goal is to find a place that is safe,
appropriately maintained and beneficial to the individual's
recovery process.
(4) Sober living recovery houses can be extremely
helpful in stabilizing early recovery as an individual who
has an addiction continues treatment and begins to search for
employment.
(5) The Congress of the United States added protections
for individuals with disabilities to the Fair Housing Act
(Public Law 90-284, 42 U.S.C. ยง 3601 et seq.).
(6) These Federal statutes prohibit a broad range of
practices that discriminate against individuals on the basis
of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial
status, handicap or disability or having a substance abuse
disorder.
(7) The Fair Housing Act does not preempt local zoning
laws but is intended to prohibit the use of local laws and
ordinances to make housing unavailable to individuals with a
disability solely on the basis of their disability.
Amend Bill, page 4, lines 19 through 26, by striking out all
of said lines and inserting
(e) Criminal history record checks.--The department shall
require all applicants, employees and volunteers of a drug and
alcohol recovery house to undergo criminal history record
checks.
Amend Bill, page 5, line 11, by striking out "Has an employee
or volunteer" and inserting
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Knowingly has a house administrator
Amend Bill, page 6, line 1, by striking out "an applicant"
and inserting
a house administrator
Amend Bill, page 7, lines 8 through 20, by striking out all
of said lines
Amend Bill, page 7, line 24, by inserting after "respond"
on a timely basis
Amend Bill, page 8, line 7, by inserting after "fees"
adequate to carry out the provisions of this article
Amend Bill, page 9, line 29, by inserting before "The"
(a) Establishment.--
Amend Bill, page 10, lines 11 through 13, by striking out all
of said lines and inserting
(4) The process for a resident to report an ethical or
standards violation.
(5) Prohibiting retribution, intimidation or any
negative consequences to a resident if a grievance or
complaint has been filed.
(6) Prohibiting an owner or house administrator from
directly or indirectly soliciting or accepting a commission,
fee or anything of monetary or material value from a
resident, other related individual, third-party entity or
referral source beyond specified rent established in writing
at the time of residency.
(7) That no owner, house administrator or employee may
become personally involved with a resident's financial
affairs, including borrowing or lending money, buying or
selling property or any other financial transactions.
(8) That no owner, house administrator or employee may
offer, pay, solicit or receive a commission, bonus or rebate,
directly or indirectly, in cash or in-kind, or engage in a
split-fee arrangement, in any form, for any of the following:
(i) to induce the referral of patients or patronage
to or from a health care provider or health care facility
or other third-party entity; or
(ii) in return for the acceptance or acknowledgment
of services from a health care provider, health care
facility or third-party entity.
(b) Posting.--The Code of Ethics shall be posted on the
department's publicly accessible Internet website.
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Amend Bill, page 10, lines 22 through 26, by striking out all
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Amend Bill, page 10, line 27, by striking out "2310-C" and
inserting
2309-C
Amend Bill, page 10, line 30, by striking out "2311-C" and
inserting
2310-C
Amend Bill, page 11, line 5, by striking out "2312-C" and
inserting
2311-C
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inserting
2312-C
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See A00744 in
the context
of HB119