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Senate committee backs recovery-ready workplace certification in SB 98
Summary
The Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee voted unanimously to send a second substitute of SB 98 to the full Senate. The bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services, with Workforce Services, to create a certification for ‘recovery-ready’ workplaces and includes fiscal language to use certain e-cigarette-related funds.
A Senate committee on Tuesday approved a second substitute for Senate Bill 98, a measure that would authorize the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), in consultation with the Department of Workforce Services, to create a certification program for employers designated as "recovery-ready workplaces." The committee passed the bill to the full Senate by voice vote.
Sponsor and supporters told the committee the measure is intended to reduce stigma and help people in early recovery stay employed. The sponsor said the sub 2 was…
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