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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to certified recovery residences; 2
amending s. 397.487, F.S.; providing that a certified 3
recovery residence is deemed a nontransient 4
residential use of land for a specified purpose; 5
prohibiting a local law, ordinance, or regulation from 6
prohibiting or regulating a recovery residence in a 7
multifamily structure; requiring a municipality or 8
county to allow certain certified recovery residences 9
in specified zoned districts without the need to 10
obtain changes in certain zoning or land use; 11
authorizing a municipality or county to deny the 12
establishment of a Level IV certified recovery 13
residence for a specified use under certain 14
circumstances; defining the term "adjacent to"; 15
providing applicability; amending s. 397.4871, F.S.; 16
revising and providing requirements for the personnel -17
to-resident ratio for a Level IV certified recovery 18
residence; providing an effective date. 19
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 21
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Section 1. Subsection (15) is added to section 397.487, 23
Florida Statutes, to read: 24
397.487 Voluntary certification of recovery residences. — 25
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(15)(a) A certified recovery residence is deemed a 26
nontransient residential use o f land for purposes of all local 27
zoning ordinances. A local law, ordinance, or regulation may not 28
prohibit certified recovery residences or regulate the duration 29
or frequency of use of a certified recovery residence in a 30
multifamily structure. 31
(b) A municipality or county must allow the establishment 32
of a certified recovery residence in all districts zoned 33
multifamily residential as an allowable use and must allow a 34
structure originally constructed and permitted for multifamily 35
purposes to be used as a ce rtified recovery residence, allowing 36
up to two residents per bedroom, without obtaining a zoning or a 37
land use change, a special exception, a conditional use 38
approval, a variance, or a comprehensive plan amendment for the 39
zoning and densities authorized un der this subsection. 40
(c) A municipality or county may deny the establishment of 41
a Level IV certified recovery residence if the proposed use is 42
adjacent to, or on two or more sides of, a parcel zoned for 43
single-family residential use and is within a singl e-family 44
residential development with at least 25 contiguous single -45
family homes. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term 46
"adjacent to" means those properties sharing more than one point 47
of a property line, but the term does not include properties 48
separated by a public road. 49
(d) This subsection applies to certified recovery 50
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residence providers that were voluntarily certified by the 51
credentialing entity as described in s. 397.487 on or before 52
July 1, 2025. 53
Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection ( 8) of section 54
397.4871, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 55
397.4871 Recovery residence administrator certification. — 56
(8) 57
(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), a Level IV certified 58
recovery residence operating as community housing as defined in 59
s. 397.311(9), which residence is actively managed by a 60
certified recovery residence administrator approved for 100 61
residents under this section and is wholly owned or controlled 62
by a licensed service provider, may : 63
1. Actively manage up to 150 residents so lon g as the 64
licensed service provider maintains a service provider 65
personnel-to-patient ratio of 1 to 8 and maintains onsite 66
supervision at the residence during times when residents are at 67
the residence 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with a personnel-68
to-resident ratio of 1 to 10. 69
2. Actively manage up to 500 residents so long as the 70
licensed service provider maintains a service provider 71
personnel-to-patient ratio of 1 to 8 and maintains onsite 72
supervision at the residence during times when residents are at 73
the residence with a personnel -to-resident ratio of 1 to 6. 74
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A certified recovery residence administrator who has been 76
removed by a certified recovery residence due to termination, 77
resignation, or any other reason may not continue to actively 78
manage more than 50 residents for another service provider or 79
certified recovery residence without being approved by the 80
credentialing entity. 81
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 82