Substance Use Disorders Recovery

Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Study Committee. Section Sections 1 and 2 of the bill implements implement a voluntary designation process for recovery-friendly workplaces. Section 3 creates a recovery school grant program in the department of education. Section 2 4 allows a school district to include in the annual pupil count a student who has transferred to a recovery high school before the pupil count date. Section 3 5 allows a recovery community organization that receives a grant through the recovery support services grant program to use the money to provide guidance to individuals on the many pathways for recovery. Section 6 requires the behavioral health administration in the department of human services to send a cease-and-desist letter to a recovery residence operating unlawfully. Section 4 declares Sections 7 and 8 declare that recovery residences, sober living facilities, and sober homes are a residential use of land for zoning purposes. Sections 5 and 6 place restrictions on where liquor-licensed drugstores and fermented malt beverage and wine retailers may display alcohol beverages on the stores' licensed premises. Section 9 requires the liquor enforcement division in the department of revenue to adopt rules related to the location of alcohol beverages displays.

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