Bill Text: CT HB05600 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5600 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Establishment Of A Recovery High School In Connecticut.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-13 - Referred to Joint Committee on Education [HB05600 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05600-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5600*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 925
		00925
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. MUSHINSKY, 85th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A RECOVERY HIGH SCHOOL IN CONNECTICUT.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That chapter 164 of the general statutes be amended to establish a recovery high school that (1) is based on the model used in Massachusetts, and (2) receives funding from (A) grants for mental health and substance abuse treatment that support academics, counseling and peer support, and (B) the school district otherwise responsible for educating a student enrolled in the recovery high school.

Statement of Purpose:

To establish a recovery high school in Connecticut to improve recovery rates of high school age youth who have been treated for addiction and discharged to the community by following the Massachusetts model.