Senate panel backs short-term tools, work group to regulate recovery homes

Feb 11, 2025

The subcommittee voted unanimously to report SB 8 38, which would make operating an uncertified recovery home a misdemeanor and creates a stakeholder work group to recommend longer-term regulation.

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Senator Van Valkenburgh presented Senate Bill 8 38 to the Health subcommittee, saying the measure aims to give local governments limited authority to address ‘‘bad actors’’ among recovery homes and to convene a stakeholder work group to recommend longer-term regulation.

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