[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4684 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4684


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 13, 2018

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to identify or 
  facilitate the development of best practices for operating recovery 
                    housing, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Access to Quality Sober 
Living Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL RECOVERY HOUSING BEST PRACTICES.

    Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 399V-7. NATIONAL RECOVERY HOUSING BEST PRACTICES.

    ``(a) Best Practices.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
in consultation with the Secretary for Housing and Urban Development, 
patients with a history of opioid use disorder, and other stakeholders, 
which may include State accrediting entities and reputable providers, 
analysts, and stakeholders of recovery housing services, such as the 
National Alliance for Recovery Residences, shall identify or facilitate 
the development of best practices, which may include model laws for 
implementing suggested minimum standards, for operating recovery 
housing.
    ``(b) Dissemination.--The Secretary shall disseminate the best 
practices identified or developed under subsection (a) to--
            ``(1) State agencies, which may include the provision of 
        technical assistance to State agencies seeking to adopt or 
        implement such best practices;
            ``(2) recovery housing entities; and
            ``(3) the public, as appropriate.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `recovery housing' means a shared living 
        environment free from alcohol and illicit drug use and centered 
        on peer support and connection to services, including 
        medication-assisted treatment services, that promote sustained 
        recovery from substance use disorders.
            ``(2) The term `State' includes any of the several States, 
        the District of Columbia, each Indian tribe or tribal 
        organization (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the 
        Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act), and 
        any territory or possession of the United States.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section, 
there is authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 for the period of 
fiscal years 2019 through 2021.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 12, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.