LRB-6152/2
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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
March 10, 2022 - Introduced by Representatives Spreitzer, Anderson, Sinicki,
Hebl, Baldeh, Hong, Hesselbein, Ohnstad, Subeck, Andraca, Shankland,
Milroy, Shelton and Pope, cosponsored by Senators Agard,
Roys, Bewley,
Larson and Carpenter. Referred to Committee on Health.
AB1109,1,2
1An Act to create 20.435 (5) (em) and 46.234 (9) of the statutes;
relating to:
2supporting recovery residences and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Department of Health Services to encourage the
development, expansion, and quality control of networks of recovery residences and
to allocate moneys to create a grant program for establishing recovery residences or
a network of recovery residences or to award grants for purposes specified in the bill.
Current law defines a “recovery residence” as a home-like, residential environment
that promotes healthy recovery from a substance use disorder and supports a
person's recovery from a substance use disorder through the use of peer recovery
support.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB1109,1
3Section
1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
4the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
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AB1109,2
1Section
2. 20.435 (5) (em) of the statutes is created to read:
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20.435
(5) (em)
Recovery residences. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule
3to support recovery residences or recovery residence networks under s. 46.234 (9).
AB1109,3
4Section
3. 46.234 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
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46.234
(9) Requirement; grants. The department shall encourage the
6development, expansion, and quality control of networks of recovery residences.
7From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (em), the department shall allocate
8moneys for any of the following purposes:
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(a) Creating a grant program for establishing a recovery residence or a network
10of recovery residences.
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(b) Awarding grants to train and supervise field workers to provide technical
12assistance to recovery residences.
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(c) Awarding grants to entities that establish recovery residences or to recovery
14residences to support the development, expansion, and quality operation of recovery
15residences.
