Subgroup 1: Requirements for Certification will focus on the following parts of the SB838 Workgroup Charge: a uniform set of certification criteria for all recovery residences; protocols for the Department to define qualifications for indigent bed fees and payment and reimbursement to recovery residences for indigent bed fees; protocols to ensure resident and patient choice in receiving treatment and that the recovery residence operator, the house manager, or anyone in leadership with the recovery residence is not determining the treatment received; training and standards that recovery residence operators and house managers shall meet before becoming a certified recovery residence operator or a certified recovery house manager, including a verified period of participation in recovery; and a Residents' Bill of Rights, including a mandatory compliance requirement with such Residents' Bill of Rights by certified recovery residence operators and certified recovery house managers.  

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