,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfhd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ai1       
#bjag,ms4 ,judy ,chu of ,california 7for
 herself1 ,mrs4 ,murphy of ,florida1    
,mrs4 ,bustos1 ,mr4 ,gonzalez of ,texas1
 ,mr4 ,ruiz1 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick        
,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,frankel of
 ,florida1 ,mrs4 ,mimi ,walters of      
,california1 ,ms4 ,kuster of ,new       
,hampshire1 and ,mr4 ,bilirakis7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the
 ,secretary of ,health and ,human       
,services1 acting through the ,director 
of the ,center for ,substance ,abuse    
,treatment of the ,substance ,abuse and 
,mental ,health ,services               
,administration1 to publish and         
disseminate best practices for operating
 a recovery housing1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,ensuring ,access to
 ,quality ,sober ,living ,act of #bjag4 

#b4 ,best practices for operating       
recovery housing  7a7 ,in general ,the  
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services1 acting through the ,director 
of the ,center for ,substance ,abuse    
,treatment of the ,substance ,abuse and 
,mental ,health ,services               
,administration--  7#a7 shall publish   
best practices for operating recovery   
housing1 based on-- 7,a7 the applicable 
domains1 core principles1 and standards 
of the ,national ,alliance for ,recovery
 ,residences2 and  7,b7 input from other
 nationally accredited recovery housing 
entities and from stakeholders2  7#b7   
shall disseminate such best practices to
 the government of each ,state2 and     
7#c7 may provide technical assistance to
 ,states seeking to adopt or implement  
such best practices4  7b7 ,definitions  
,in this section3  7#a7 ,the term       
recovery housing means a family-like1   
shared living environment free from     
alcohol and illicit drug use and        
centered on peer support and connection 

to services that promote sustained      
recovery from substance use disorders4  
7#b7 ,the term ,state includes any of   
the several ,states1 the ,district of   
,columbia1 and any territory or         
possession of the ,united ,states4  7c7 
,authorization of appropriations ,to    
carry out this section1 there is        
authorized to be appropriated #c1jjj1jjj
 for the period of fiscal years #bjah   
through #bjbj4