It crashed and burned for 2014 passage. Jeff Clemens' bill was posed for approval in the Senate Appropriations Committee until one Democrat and one Republican threw him curve ball amendments at the last minute. Clemens would not accept the amendments. One would have stripped his bill from proposed regulations and the other was to create a crisis stabilization database to track the use of beds at public mental health stabilization units. Joe Negron, chair of the committee, said they simply ran out of time which contradicts Clemens' explanation that Negron told him his bill would not be heard unless he agreed to the two amendments.
CS/SB 582: Substance Abuse Services
GENERAL BILL by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs ; Clemens ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Sachs
Substance Abuse Services; Prohibiting a sober house
transitional living home from operating in this state without a valid
certificate of registration from the Department of Children and
Families; requiring a sober house operator to annually apply for a
certificate of registration with the department; requiring certain sober
house transitional living homes to apply for a certificate of
registration by a specified date; requiring the department to adopt
rules pertaining to the application process for obtaining a certificate
of registration, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014 Last Action: 4/17/2014 Senate - On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/22/14, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Not Considered
Location: In committee/council (AP)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
From what I have read, and if I understand all of the bill, I approve of Clemens' more stringent bill on Sober houses. Trying to get a response from Negron on why he didn't move it forward.
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