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Addiction and Community Revitalization Committee hears bipartisan bill to certify recovery homes, create ombudsman
Summary
The Addiction and Community Revitalization Committee held a first hearing on House Bill 58, sponsored by Representatives Pizzoli and Jerrells, which would create a recovery‑house certificate‑of‑need program, a centralized registry, an ombudsman, civil penalties for bad actors and clarification of transportation responsibilities for people sent to treatment.
The Addiction and Community Revitalization Committee held a first hearing on House Bill 58, a bipartisan measure sponsored by Representatives Pizzoli and Jerrells that seeks to raise standards for recovery housing and strengthen oversight.
Representative Pizzoli opened her testimony with an inspection anecdote, saying the Ohio Department of Behavioral Health found ‘‘too many bunk beds, a door hanging off the hinges, dog feces on the floor, and one resident keeping a rat as a pet.’’ She told the committee about a constituent she called ‘‘Tom’’ who, she said, ‘‘wasn’t failing recovery. Recovery was failing Tom.’’ She characterized HB 58 as a step toward treating recovery housing ‘‘more like health care’’ and said the bill would crack down on…
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