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Advocates say proposed peer-recovery certification bill risks shrinking workforce; committee advances measure
Summary
Supporters of peer recovery specialists urged lawmakers to pause Assembly Bill 3236, saying the bill creates bureaucracy, blanket background checks and lacks grandfathering for current peers. The Oversight Committee released the bill for further consideration after testimony.
Joel Pomales, policy committee member of the New Jersey Coalition for Addiction Recovery Support and CEO of Mainstream Recovery, told the Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee that Assembly Bill 3236 “risks undermining the workforce that it seeks to strengthen.” He testified that the bill’s approach would fold peer recovery certification into the same regulatory…
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