88(R) HB 299 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

	H.B.  No.  299

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	AN ACT
	relating to the creation of a voluntary accreditation for recovery
	housing; authorizing fees.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION  1.    Subtitle B, Title 6, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended by adding Chapter 469 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 469. VOLUNTARY ACCREDITATION OF RECOVERY HOUSING
	Sec.  469.001.    DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
	(1)    "Accrediting organization" means a nonprofit
	organization the commission approves under Section 469.002 that
	develops and administers recovery housing accreditation programs.
	(2)    "Commission"  means the Health and Human Services
	Commission.
	(3)    "Recovery house" means a shared living environment
	that:
	(A)    promotes sustained recovery from substance
	use disorders by integrating residents into the surrounding
	community and providing a setting that connects residents to
	supports and services promoting sustained recovery from substance
	use disorders;
	(B)    is centered on peer support; and
	(C)    is free from alcohol and drug use.
	(4)    "State health care regulatory agency" has the
	meaning assigned by Section 161.131.
	Sec.  469.002.    VOLUNTARY ACCREDITATION OF RECOVERY HOUSING.
	(a)  The commission shall adopt minimum standards for accreditation
	as a recovery house that are consistent with the quality standards
	established by the National Alliance for Recovery Residences and
	the Oxford House Incorporated. The standards must prohibit an
	accredited recovery house from providing personal care services, as
	defined by Section 247.002.
	(b)    The commission may approve only the National Alliance
	for Recovery Residences or the Oxford House Incorporated to serve
	as an accrediting organization in the development and
	administration of a voluntary accreditation program for recovery
	housing in accordance with this chapter.
	(c)    An accrediting organization the commission approves
	under this section must:
	(1)    establish recovery house accreditation
	requirements that at a minimum include the accreditation standards
	the commission adopts;
	(2)    establish procedures to:
	(A)    administer the issuance of recovery house
	accreditation under this chapter, including application,
	accreditation, reaccreditation, and disciplinary procedures; and
	(B)    assess application accreditation and
	reaccreditation fees;
	(3)    provide training to recovery house responsible
	parties designated under Section 469.004 and staff concerning the
	accreditation standards the commission adopts;
	(4)    develop a code of ethics; and
	(5)    provide information to the commission for the
	commission to compile the annual report required under Section
	469.005.
	Sec.  469.003.    PLACES INELIGIBLE FOR ACCREDITATION AS
	RECOVERY HOUSE.  The following places are ineligible for
	accreditation as a recovery house:
	(1)    a home and community support services agency
	licensed under Chapter 142;
	(2)    a nursing facility licensed under Chapter 242;
	(3)    a continuing care facility regulated under Chapter
	246;
	(4)    an assisted living facility licensed under Chapter
	247;
	(5)    an intermediate care facility for individuals with