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Committee hears bill to raise caps and add guardrails for Recovery Community Organization grants
Summary
House Bill 5302 would modernize recovery-community funding by removing a $150,000 cap, setting a $250,000 minimum and capping awards at 50% of an RCO's operating expenses; witnesses said the changes would stabilize peer-run recovery services paid from opioid settlement dollars.
The House Health Policy Committee heard testimony on House Bill 5302, which would change how opioid settlement and other designated funds support Recovery Community Organizations (RCOs) in Michigan. Representative DeBoer introduced the bill and said it would expand grant funding and add reporting and eligibility guardrails for organizations that provide peer-led recovery support.
Patrick Patterson, executive director of Blue Water Recovery and a vice chair of the Michigan Opioid Advisory Commission, described RCOs as independent, peer-led nonprofits that are not…
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