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S4027
SENATE, No. 4027
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
�
INTRODUCED MARCH 19, 2026
Sponsored by:
Senator� JOSEPH F. VITALE
District 19 (Middlesex)
Senator� PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.
District 18 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
���� Clarifies DHS authority to regulate sober living
homes and halfway houses as residential substance abuse aftercare facilities;
requires background checks and other protections for residents of residential
substance abuse facilities.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� As introduced.
��
An Act
concerning the regulation of certain facilities
by the Department of Human Services and amending and supplementing P.L.1975,
c.305 and P.L.1970, c.334, amending P.L.1982, c.149, and supplementing Titles
26 and 53 of the Revised Statues.
����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� Section 6 of P.L.1975,
c.305 (C.26:2B-12) is amended to read as follows:
���� 6.��� The department shall
take cognizance of all matters affecting alcohol use disorder in the State and
shall establish and conduct a program for the treatment of intoxicated persons
and persons with an alcohol use disorder.
���� The program may encourage
regionalization of services and, if not otherwise available, provide for the
following facilities, which need not be separately located:
���� a.���� Intoxication treatment
centers, which centers shall render emergency medical care, including
detoxification, shall be open 24 hours every day, and shall be located
conveniently near population centers.� Services shall be provided for the
immediate physical and social needs, including the needs for medication and
shelter, of intoxicated persons, and shall also provide for initial
examination, diagnosis and referral.� To the extent possible, such treatment
centers shall be affiliated with a general or other hospital.
���� b.��� Inpatient facilities,
for treatment of persons with an alcohol use disorder, which shall, to the
extent possible, be affiliated with the medical service of a general hospital,
mental hospital, community mental health center, or other hospital.
���� c.���� Outpatient facilities.
���� d.��� Residential aftercare
facilities, such as halfway houses
or transitional sober living homes
.
���� The department shall maintain,
supervise and control all facilities operated by it pursuant to P.L.1975, c.305
(C.26:2B-7 et seq.) and all such facilities shall be staffed with an adequate
number of qualified and trained personnel.� The administrator of each
[
such
]
facility
shall make an annual report of its activities to the director in such manner
and form as the director may deem appropriate.� All appropriate resources,
particularly community mental health centers, shall whenever possible be
utilized in and coordinated with the program.
���� Services delivered by the
department pursuant to P.L.1975, c.305 (C.26:2B-7 et seq.) may be administered
on the premises of institutions operated in whole or in part by the department
of institutions and agencies.� Such services shall be administered as such
services are administered in the other facilities of the department and shall
in all respects be therapeutic in nature rather than penal or correctional.
���� The department shall
annually
prepare and publish
[
annually
]
a list of all
[
services
]
facilities
and service-providing entities
operating in accordance with P.L.1975, c.305
(C.26:2B-7 et seq.)
[
and
]
,
shall make the list available
,
upon request
,
to members of the
public
, and shall include the information on its website in accordance with
the registry established pursuant to section 17 of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� )
(pending before the Legislature as this bill)
.� The department shall notify
all law enforcement agencies and judges in the State of the location and
capacity of intoxication treatment centers and other
[
services
]
service-providing
entities
operating in accordance with
[
this
act
]
P.L.1975,
c.305 (C.26:2B-7 et seq.), which are
situated in or near their
jurisdictions.
(cf: P.L.2017, c.131, s.73)
���� 2.��� Section 2 of P.L.1970,
c.334 (C.26:2G-22) is amended to read as follows:
���� 2.��� As used in this act:
���� �Commissioner� means the
Commissioner of
[
Health
]
Human
Services
.
����
�Department� means the
Department of Human Services.
���� �Narcotic drug� means any
narcotic, drug, or dangerous controlled substance, as defined in any law of the
State of New Jersey or of the United States.
���� "Patient" means a
person with a substance use disorder, or who otherwise has a physical or mental
impairment from the use of narcotic drugs and who requires continuing care of a
substance use disorder treatment center.
���� "Substance use disorder
treatment center" means any establishment, facility or institution, public
or private, whether operated for profit or not, which primarily offers, or
purports to offer, maintain, or operate facilities for the residential or
outpatient diagnosis, care, treatment, or rehabilitation of two or more
nonrelated individuals, who are patients as defined herein, excluding, however,
any hospital or mental hospital otherwise licensed by Title 30 of the Revised
Statutes.
(cf: P.L.2023, c.177, s.83)
���� 3.��� Section 5 of P.L.1970,
c.334 (C.26:2G-25) is amended to read as follows:
���� 5.��� The commissioner shall
adopt, amend, promulgate and enforce such rules, regulations and minimum
standards for the treatment of patients of narcotic and substance use disorder
treatment centers as may be reasonably necessary to accomplish the purposes of P.L.1970,
c.334 (C.26:2G-21 et seq.).� Such narcotic and substance use disorder treatment
centers may be classified into two or more classes with appropriate rules,
regulations and minimum standards for each such class.�
The department�s
classification system shall account for all types of narcotic and drug abuse
treatment centers, including, but not limited to: (1) facilities that provide
patients with detoxification, medication-assisted treatment, or other intensive
or emergency-level drug abuse treatment on an inpatient basis; (2) facilities
that provide patients with detoxification, medication-assisted treatment, or
other drug abuse treatment, on an outpatient basis; and (3) residential
aftercare facilities, such as halfway houses and transitional sober living
homes, which help recovering drug addicts and abusers make a successful and
sober transition back into the community-at-large.
���� No narcotic or drug abuse
treatment center, transitional sober living home, halfway house, or other
residential aftercare facility shall be permitted to deny admission to a
prospective client on the basis that the person is currently receiving
medication assisted treatment for a substance use disorder administered by a
licensed treatment provider, including but not limited to methadone,
buprenorphine, naltrexone, or any other medication approved by the Food and
Drug Administration for the treatment of a substance use disorder.
���� The rules and regulations
adopted pursuant to this section shall, at a minimum, require a transitional
sober living home, halfway house, or other residential aftercare facility to
provide notice to a patient's spouse, parent, legal guardian, designated next
of kin, or other designated emergency contact, whenever the patient voluntarily
withdraws, or is involuntarily evicted from, such facility, provided that:� (1)
such notice is provided in a manner that is consistent with federal
requirements under 42 CFR Part 2 and federal HIPAA requirements under 45 CFR
Parts 160 and 164; and (2) the patient, if an adult, has not withheld consent
for such notice or expressly requested that notification not be given.� If a
patient who is not incapacitated withholds consent for such notice, or
expressly requests that notification not be given, the department shall require
the patient's wishes to be respected unless the patient is a minor child or
adolescent, in which case, the department shall require the minor's parent, legal
guardian, designated next of kin, or other designated emergency contact to be
notified, provided that such notification is not inconsistent with, and would
not violate, federal requirements under 42 CFR Part 2 and federal HIPAA
requirements under 45 CFR Parts 160 and 164.
(cf: P.L.2017, c.256, s.2)
���� 4.��� Section 1 of P.L.1982,
c.149 (C.26:2H-11.1) is amended to read as follows:
���� 1.��� In the case of an
application for a certificate of need or initial licensure, as applicable, for
a narcotic and drug abuse treatment center to be located within 500 feet from
any building in this State used for the instruction of children between the ages
of five and 18 years, the applicant shall notify the governing body of the
municipality within which the applicant proposes to locate the treatment center
of the applicant's intention to apply for the certificate of need or licensure
and the proposed location of the center. Documentation of the notice shall be
filed with the certificate of need or license application.� The Commissioner of
Health is hereby authorized to adopt reasonable rules and regulations, in
accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act,"
P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the purposes of this act.�
For the purposes of this act, the definition of "narcotic and drug abuse
treatment center" shall be identical to the definition in
[
subsection (a)
of
]
section
2 of P.L.1970, c.334 (C.26:2G-22).� This act shall not apply to any narcotic
and drug abuse treatment center for which an application was filed prior to the
effective date of this act.
(cf:� P.L.2012, c.17, s.177)
���� 5.��� (New section)� a.�
Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, a facility regulated by
the department pursuant to P.L.1975, c.305 (C.26:2B-7 et seq.) shall
not remove a resident from the facility until at least one week following the date
of delivery by the facility to the resident of a written notice that advises
the resident that the resident shall be removed from the facility no less than
one week from the date of delivery of the notice.
���� b.��� The provisions of
subsection a. of this section shall not apply if the resident of the facility
poses an immediate and serious threat to other residents of the facility or to
the facility.
���� c.���� As used in this
section, "immediate and serious threat" means that the resident
causes or will imminently cause a serious injury, harm, impairment, or death to
a resident of the facility, or causes or will imminently cause an incident
affecting the safety of the facility.
���� 6.��� (New section)� In
addition to any other inspection of a facility regulated by the department
pursuant to P.L.1975, c.305 (C.26:2B-7 et seq.), the department shall
conduct a biweekly inspection of a facility if the facility is under
investigation for a violation of P.L.1975, c.305 (C.26:2B-7 et seq.) or any
rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, or under any other authority.�
The biweekly inspection shall continue until such time as the investigation is
concluded.
���� 7.��� (New section)� a.�
Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, a narcotic and drug abuse
treatment center regulated by the department pursuant to P.L.1970, c.334
(C.26:2G-21 et seq.) shall not remove a resident from the center until at least
one week following the date of delivery by the center to the resident of a
written notice that advises the resident that the resident shall be removed
from the center no less than one week from the date of delivery of the notice.
���� b.��� The provisions of
subsection a. of this section shall not apply if the resident of the center
poses an immediate and serious threat to other residents of the center or to
the center.
���� c.���� As used in this
section, "immediate and serious threat" means that the resident
causes or will imminently cause a serious injury, harm, impairment, or death to
a resident of the center, or causes or will imminently cause an incident
affecting the safety of the center.
���� 8.��� (New section)� In
addition to any other inspection of a narcotic and drug abuse treatment center
regulated by the department pursuant to P.L.1970, c.334 (C.26:2G-21 et seq.),
the department shall conduct a biweekly inspection of a center if the center is
under investigation for a violation of P.L.1970, c.334 (C.26:2G-21 et
seq.) or any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, or under any other
authority.� The biweekly inspection shall continue until such time as the
investigation is concluded.
���� 9.��� (New section)� As used
in sections 10 through 14 of P.L. , c. ��
(C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill):
���� "Administrator"
means the person in charge of the operation of a facility.
���� "Commissioner" means
the Commissioner of Human Services.
���� "Department" means
the Department of Human Services.
���� "Facility" means a
facility as defined in section 2 of P.L.1975, c.305 (C.26:2B-8) or a narcotic
and drug abuse treatment center as defined in section 2 of P.L.1975, c.305
(C.26:2G-22), and includes a residential aftercare facility, such as a halfway
house or transitional sober living home.
���� "Owner of the physical
plant"� or "owner" means the person who owns the property on
which the facility is located.
���� "Representative
payee" means a person who is employed by a facility and receives
government benefits on behalf of an individual residing in the facility.
���� 10.� (New section)� a.� The
commissioner shall not issue a license or certificate of approval, as
applicable, to a facility pursuant to P.L.1975, c.305 (C.26:2B-7 et seq.) or
P.L.1970, c.334 (C.26:2G-21 et seq.), unless the Commissioner of Human Services
determines, consistent with the requirements of sections 10 through 14 of
P.L. , c. �� (C.������� )(pending before the Legislature
as this bill), that no criminal history record information exists on file in
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Identification Division, or in the State
Bureau of Identification in the Division of State Police in the Department of
Law and Public Safety, which would: disqualify a person from employment as an
administrator or representative payee at the facility; or reveal that an owner
of the physical plant of a facility has been convicted of crimes or offenses
that would disqualify a person from securing or maintaining a license or
certificate of approval for a facility.
���� b.��� If an administrator,
representative payee, or owner of the physical plant of a facility refuses to
consent to, or cooperate in, the securing of a criminal history record
background check pursuant to P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the
Legislature as this bill), the department shall suspend, deny, revoke, or
refuse to renew the license or certificate of approval of a facility, as
applicable.
���� 11.� (New section)� In the
case of a facility established prior to the effective date of P.L.��� , c.���
(C.������ ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), the commissioner
shall require each administrator, representative payee, or owner of the physical
plant of a facility to submit to the department a request for a criminal
history record background check within 60 days of the effective date of P.L.���
, c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) for
processing by the Division of State Police and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
���� 12.� (New section)� a.� A
person shall be disqualified from securing or maintaining a license or
certificate of approval, as applicable, of a facility if the criminal history
record background check of the person who is the owner of the physical plant of
the facility or a person who seeks and is subsequently employed or is currently
employed as an administrator or representative payee reveals a record of
conviction of any of the following crimes and offenses:
���� (1)�� In New Jersey, any crime
or disorderly persons offense:
���� (a)�� involving danger to the
person, meaning those crimes and disorderly persons offenses set forth in
N.J.S.2C:11-1 et seq., N.J.S.2C:12-1 et seq., N.J.S.2C:13-1 et seq.,
N.J.S.2C:14-1 et seq. or N.J.S.2C:15-1 et seq.; or
���� (b)�� against the family,
children or incompetents, meaning those crimes and disorderly persons offenses
set forth in N.J.S.2C:24-1 et seq.; or
���� (c)�� involving theft as set
forth in chapter 20 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes; or
���� (d)�� involving any controlled
dangerous substance or controlled substance analog as set forth in chapter 35
of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes except paragraph (4) of subsection a. of
N.J.S.2C:35-10.
���� (2)�� In any other state or
jurisdiction, conduct which, if committed in New Jersey, would constitute any
of the crimes or disorderly persons offenses described in paragraph (1) of this
subsection.
���� b.��� Notwithstanding the
provisions of subsection a. of this section, no person shall be disqualified
pursuant to this section on the basis of any conviction disclosed by a criminal
history record background check performed pursuant to P.L.��� , c.��� (C. )(pending
before the Legislature as this bill) if the person has affirmatively
demonstrated to the commissioner clear and convincing evidence of the person's
rehabilitation.� In determining whether a person has affirmatively demonstrated
rehabilitation, the following factors shall be considered:
���� (1)�� the nature and
responsibility of the position which the convicted person would hold, has held
or currently holds, as the case may be;
���� (2)�� the nature and
seriousness of the offense;
���� (3)�� the circumstances under
which the offense occurred;
���� (4)�� the date of the offense;
���� (5)�� the age of the person
when the offense was committed;
���� (6)�� whether the offense was
an isolated or repeated incident;
���� (7)�� any social conditions
which may have contributed to the offense; and
���� (8)�� any evidence of
rehabilitation, including good conduct in prison or in the community,
counseling or psychiatric treatment received, acquisition of additional
academic or vocational schooling, successful participation in correctional
work-release programs, or the recommendation of those who have had the person
under their supervision.
���� 13.� (New section)� a.� A
person who is required to undergo a criminal history record background check
pursuant to sections 10 through 13 of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������ ) (pending
before the Legislature as this bill) shall submit to the commissioner that
person's name, address, and fingerprints.� The commissioner is authorized to
exchange fingerprint data with and receive criminal history record information
from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Division of State Police in
the Department of Law and Public Safety for use in making the determinations
required by P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the legislature as
this bill).
���� b.��� Upon receipt of the
criminal history record information for a person from the Federal Bureau of
Investigation or the Division of State Police, the commissioner shall
immediately notify, in writing:
���� (1)�� the person and the
person's employer, as applicable, or the person's prospective employer, if
known, of the person's qualification or disqualification for employment as an
administrator or payee representative.� If the person is disqualified, the
conviction or convictions which constitute the basis for the disqualification
shall be identified in the notice to the person, but shall not be identified in
the notice to the person's employer or prospective employer; or, as applicable,
���� (2)�� the person who is the
owner of the physical plant and the facility which is located on the property
of the owner, of a person's qualification or disqualification for securing or
maintaining a license pursuant to P.L.1975, c.305 (C.26:2B-7 et seq.) or certificate
of approval pursuant to P.L.1970, c.334 (C.26:2G-21 et seq.).� The owner shall
be notified of the conviction or convictions which constitute the results of
the owner's criminal history record background check.� If the results reveal
that a person would be disqualified from securing or maintaining a license or
certificate of approval, the crimes and offenses shall be identified in the
notice to the owner, but shall not be identified in the notice to the facility
which is located on the property of the owner.
���� c.���� The person who is the
subject of the background check shall have 30 days from the date of the written
notice of disqualification to petition the commissioner for a hearing on the
accuracy of the person's criminal history record information or to establish
the person's rehabilitation under subsection b. of section 13 of P.L.��� ,
c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).� The
commissioner shall notify the person's employer or prospective employer or the
person securing or maintaining a license or certificate of approval, as
applicable, of the person's petition for a hearing within five days following
the receipt of the petition from the person.� Upon the issuance of a final
decision on a petition filed with the commissioner pursuant to this subsection,
the commissioner shall notify the person and the person's employer or
prospective employer or the owner of the physical plant and the person securing
or maintaining a license or certificate of approval, as applicable, as to
whether the person remains disqualified for employment or whether a person
securing or maintaining a license or certificate of approval remains
disqualified under P.L.��� , c.��� (C. ) (pending
before the Legislature as this bill).
���� d.��� A facility that has
received an employment application from a person who is seeking employment as
an administrator or representative payee, or that currently employs an
administrator or representative payee and:
���� (1)�� receives notice from the
commissioner that the prospective or current administrator or representative
payee has been determined by the commissioner to be disqualified to be an
administrator or representative payee; or
���� (2)�� terminates its
employment of an administrator or representative payee because the person was
disqualified from employment as an administrator or representative payee on the
basis of a conviction of a crime or offense as described in section 13 of
P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������ ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill);
shall be immune from liability for
disclosing that disqualification or termination in good faith to another
facility that may employ that person as an administrator or representative
payee.
���� 14.� (New section)� A person
who undergoes a criminal history record background check pursuant to sections
10 through 14 of P.� , c.���� (C.������� )������� (pending before the
Legislature as this bill) shall assume the cost of the criminal history record
background check conducted pursuant to P.L.��� ,� c.��� (C.������ ) (pending
before the Legislature as this bill).
���� 15.� (New section)� a.� The
Commissioner of Human Services is authorized to exchange fingerprint data with,
and to receive information from, the Division of State Police in the Department
of Law and Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in accordance
with the provisions of sections 10 through 14 of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� )
(pending before the Legislature as this bill).
���� b.��� The Division of State
Police shall promptly notify the Department of Human Services in the event that
a person who was the subject of a criminal history record background check
conducted pursuant to sections 10 through 14 of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.��� ) (pending
before the Legislature as this bill) is convicted of a crime or offense in this
State after the date the background check was performed.� Upon receipt of such
notification, the department shall make a determination regarding the
employment of the administrator or representative payee, or the maintenance of
a license or certificate of approval, as applicable, of a facility pursuant to
sections 10 through 14 of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the
Legislature as this bill).
���� 16.� (New section)� a.� The
Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in the Department of Human
Services shall oversee the development and maintenance of a registry, which
shall collect and track the information received pursuant to subsection e. of
this section about the number of openings available for persons seeking
residency in each facility licensed pursuant to P.L.1975, c.305 (C.26:2B-7 et
seq.) and each narcotic and drug abuse treatment center issued a certificate of
approval pursuant to P.L.1970, c.334 (C.26:2G-21 et seq.) in the State.
���� b.��� The information
maintained in the registry shall include, by county:
���� (1)�� the name, address and
telephone number of the facility or center;
���� (2)�� the type of services
provided by the facility or center;
���� (3)�� the maximum occupancy of
the facility or center; and
����
(4)�� the number of
openings available for persons seeking residency, based on the information
received pursuant to subsection e. of this section.
���� c.���� The information
described in subsection b. of this section shall be:
���� (1)�� prominently displayed on
the website of the department and searchable by county or the name of the
facility or center;
���� (2)�� made available to the
public, upon request, through the addictions telephone hotline and the Statewide
2-1-1 telephone system; and
���� (3)�� made available using any
other means that the Commissioner of Human Services deems appropriate.
���� d.��� The commissioner is
authorized to solicit, receive, and accept grants, funds, or anything of value
from any public or private entity, and receive and accept contributions of
money, property, labor, or any other thing of value from any legitimate source,
for the purpose of the development and maintenance of a registry pursuant to
this section.
���� e.���� Each facility licensed
pursuant to P.L.1975, c.305 (C.26:2B-7 et seq.) and each narcotic and drug
abuse treatment center issued a certificate of approval pursuant to P.L.1970,
c.334 (C.26:2G-21 et seq.) shall submit to the registry developed and
maintained pursuant to this section, no less than once a day, information
advising of the number of openings that are available in the facility or center
on that day.
���� 17.� The Commissioner of Human
Services shall, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure
Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt any rules and
regulations as the commissioner deems necessary to carry out the provisions of
this act.
���� 18.� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the seventh month next following the date of
enactment, except the Commissioner of Human Services may take any anticipatory
administrative action in advance as shall be necessary for the implementation
of this act.
STATEMENT
���� This bill would amend the
State�s substance use disorder treatment laws in relation to the regulation of
sober living homes and halfway houses.� In particular, the bill would expressly
clarify that the existing statutory authority of the Department of Human
Services (DHS) to license and regulate residential substance use disorder
facilities, pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1975, c.305 (C.26:2B-7 et seq.)
which concerns alcohol and P.L.1970, c.334 (C.26:2G-21 et seq.) which concerns
narcotic drugs, includes the authority to license and regulate residential
substance abuse aftercare facilities such as transitional sober living homes
and halfway houses.
���� The bill also provides for
criminal history record background checks of a person employed or seeking
employment as an administrator of these residential substance abuse facilities,
or as a representative payee who receives government benefits on behalf of an
individual residing in a facility.� The background checks are also to be
conducted on a person who is the owner of the physical plant on which a
facility is located.� A person would be disqualified from securing or
maintaining a license pursuant to P.L.1975, c.305 (C.26:2B-7 et seq.) or a
certificate of approval pursuant to P.L.1970, c.334 (C.26:2G-21 et seq.) if the
criminal history record background check of the person who is the owner of the
physical plant of the facility or of a person who is employed as an
administrator or representative payee at the facility reveals a record of
conviction of the crimes or offenses enumerated in the bill.
���� If a person refuses to consent
to, or cooperate in, securing a criminal history record background check, DHS
is to suspend, deny, revoke, or refuse to renew the license or certificate of
approval of the facility.� The criminal history record background checks are to
be processed by the Division of State Police and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, and the person who undergoes the background check is to assume
the cost of the background check.
���� The bill also provides that
the facilities are not to remove a resident from a facility until at least one
week following the date of delivery by the facility to the resident of a
written notice advising� that the resident is to be removed.� However, this
provision would not apply if the resident poses an immediate and serious threat
to other residents or the facility.� DHS is also required to conduct
inspections every two weeks if there is an investigation for a violation of the
laws and regulations governing these facilities or under any other authority.
���� The Division of Mental Health
and Addiction Services in DHS is to oversee the development and maintenance of
a registry to collect and track information about the number of openings
available for persons seeking residency in these facilities.� The facilities
are required to submit to the registry, no less than once a day, information as
to the number of openings that are available on that day.� The registry would
contain, by county, the following information:� the name, address and telephone
number of the facility; the type of services provided; the maximum occupancy;
and the number of openings available.� The registry would: �be prominently
displayed on the DHS website; provide for a search by county or name; be made
available to the public, upon request, through the addictions telephone hotline
and the Statewide 2-1-1 telephone system; and also be made available using any
other means that the Commissioner of Human Services deems appropriate.
���� Lastly, the bill would update
the language used in this area of law, in order to ensure grammatical
correctness, maintain consistency with current rules of statutory drafting, and
correctly reference the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in
DHS, which is the agency and division currently responsible for the regulation
of substance use disorder treatment facilities.