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Senate committee hears sponsor testimony on bill to shorten ADAMH contract notice, require recovery-housing certification
Summary
Senate Bill 138, presented at a committee hearing, would halve ADAMH contract-notice periods, require a state-local data‑sharing plan and make operating uncertified recovery residences a first‑degree misdemeanor; the committee took testimony and no vote was held.
The Senate Addiction and Community Revitalization Committee heard sponsor testimony on Senate Bill 138, which would change contracting rules for Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health (ADAMH) boards, require a data‑sharing plan between the state and local boards, and make it a first‑degree misdemeanor for recovery residences to operate or advertise without certification. Senator Terry Johnson, vice chair of the committee and the bill’s sponsor, presented the measure; the committee did not vote.
Johnson said the bill is the product of years of work and compromise. “This bill is the culmination of several years of work, research, and compromise,” Senator Terry Johnson said, calling the proposal a “crowning achievement” of negotiations among ADAMH boards and…
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