The Supportive-Recovery Residence Program.
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
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Overview
This bill establishes the Supportive-Recovery Residence Program to provide housing and supportive services for individuals experiencing or at risk of homelessness who also have substance use disorders. It authorizes state programs to fund these residences, which emphasize abstinence while adhering to harm-reduction principles. The bill includes requirements for program applicants, monitoring of residences, and protections for tenants, such as prohibiting evictions based on relapse and ensuring access to medications and overdose reversal training.
Key provisions
- Authorizes state programs to fund supportive-recovery residences emphasizing abstinence.
- Specifies requirements for applicants seeking funding, including use of harm-reduction models.
- Requires periodic monitoring of supportive-recovery residences to ensure compliance with Housing First principles.
- Prohibits evictions based on relapse.
- Mandates that tenants be provided with a permanent housing placement option if they leave the supportive-recovery residence.
- Requires supportive housing to support access to and use of medications for behavioral and physical health conditions, and to provide overdose prevention training.
- Establishes a fee for supportive-recovery residences to verify compliance with Housing First standards.
- Updates the definition of ‘Core Components of Housing First’ in the Welfare and Institutions Code.
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