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HB657: Rules for Recovery Organizations and Peer Specialists
This bill sets rules for recovery community organizations dealing with substance use, defines key terms, creates a system to certify peer specialists, approves training groups, and designates one statewide organization.
What This Bill Does
- Sets qualifications for recovery community organizations that help people with substance use
- Provides definitions for specific mental health and recovery terms
- Creates a process to certify peer specialists who support others in recovery
- Allows the state to approve training bodies that teach certification courses
- Designates one organization as the statewide recovery community group
Who It Names or Affects
- Recovery community organizations dealing with substance use
- Peer specialists seeking certification
- Training groups approved by the state
- The designated statewide recovery community organization
Limits and Unknowns
- The official text does not list specific dates for when these rules will start.
- The detailed requirements for organizations and training bodies are in the full law but not shown here.