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Committee approves H.660 (v.6.1) with opioid recovery and prevention appropriations
Summary
The committee approved Version 6.1 of H.660 after counsel described reorganized opioid‑abatement and substance misuse prevention appropriations, including $900,000 and $300,000 for recovery residence beds and multiple youth/prevention grants funded from the substance misuse prevention special fund.
The House committee advanced H.660 (Version 6.1) after a line‑by‑line overview from legislative counsel and a roll‑call approval. The draft reorganizes opioid‑abatement language, clarifies intent for annual funding of recovery residences from the opioid abatement special fund, and adds appropriations from the substance misuse prevention special fund.
Legislative counsel summarized the change in intent language: "It is the intent of the General Assembly that recovery residences be funded annually by the opioid abatement special fund unless and until the special fund does not have sufficient monies to…
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