Recovery COACH Act

Summary

Recovery Coaches Offer Addiction Counseling and Healing Act or the Recovery COACH Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to award three-year grants to state alcohol and drug agencies for: (1) developing, expanding, and enhancing the use of recovery coaches in hospital emergency departments through a recovery community organization; and (2) supporting recovery community organizations that recruit, train, and supervise recovery coaches for hospital emergency departments. A recovery coach refers to a person who has knowledge of or experience with recovery from a substance use disorder and has completed training from a recovery community organization.

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Timeline

1. 22 March 2018

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 22 March 2018

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 22 March 2018 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 22 March 2018

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 22 March 2018

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 22 March 2018

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Sponsors

• Christopher Murphy · D · Sponsor
• Shelley Capito · R · Sponsor
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