Bill Text: NJ S2377 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs certain four-year public institutions of higher education to establish substance abuse recovery housing program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-08-10 - Approved P.L.2015, c.92. [S2377 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-S2377-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 2377

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  PETER J. BARNES, III

District 18 (Middlesex)

Senator  JOSEPH F. VITALE

District 19 (Middlesex)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Lesniak

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Directs certain four-year public institutions of higher education to establish substance abuse recovery housing program.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act concerning substance abuse recovery housing programs and supplementing chapter 3B of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.  Within four years of the effective date of this act, each four-year public institution of higher education, in which at least 50% of the undergraduate students live in on-campus housing, shall establish a substance abuse recovery housing program. The purpose of the program shall be to provide a supportive substance-free dormitory environment that recognizes the unique risks and challenges that recovering students face, and that provides support programs to recovering students who reside in the recovery housing to assist their efforts to remain substance-free. The program shall include on-site counseling, mentoring, peer support, and other appropriate services.

     b.    The institution shall apply for any federal, State, corporate, or other grant funding that may be available to implement the substance abuse recovery housing program.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill directs each four-year public institution of higher education, in which at least 50% of the undergraduate students live in on-campus housing, to establish a substance abuse recovery housing program. The purpose of the program will be to provide a supportive substance-free dormitory environment that recognizes the unique risks and challenges that recovering students face, and that provides support programs to recovering students who reside in the recovery housing to assist their efforts to remain substance-free. The program will include on-site counseling, mentoring, peer support, and other appropriate services.

     The bill provides a four-year period for an institution to develop the substance abuse program.