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Florida Senate - 2025 CS for CS for SB 954 By the Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; the Committee on Community Affairs; and Senators Gruters and Rouson 603-03582-25 2025954c2 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to certified recovery residences; 3 amending s. 397.487, F.S.; providing that certain 4 recovery residences are deemed a nontransient 5 residential use of land for a specified purpose; 6 prohibiting a local law, ordinance, or regulation from 7 prohibiting or regulating a certified recovery 8 residence in a multifamily structure; requiring a 9 municipality or county to allow certain certified 10 recovery residences in specified zoned districts 11 without the need to obtain changes in certain zoning 12 or land use; specifying the allowable use of such 13 certified recovery residences; authorizing a 14 municipality or county to deny the establishment of a 15 certified Level IV recovery residence if the proposed 16 use is adjacent to, or on two or more sides of, a 17 parcel zoned for a specified use and within a certain 18 single-family residential development; defining the 19 term adjacent to; providing applicability; amending 20 s. 397.4871, F.S.; providing that the personnel-to 21 resident ratio for a certified recovery residence must 22 be met only when the residents are at the residence; 23 providing that a certified recovery residence 24 administrator for Level IV certified recovery 25 residences which maintains a specified personnel-to 26 patient ratio has a limitation on the number of 27 residents it may manage; providing an effective date. 28 29 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 30 31 Section 1.Subsection (15) is added to section 397.487, 32 Florida Statutes, to read: 33 397.487Voluntary certification of recovery residences. 34 (15)(a)A certified recovery residence that does not occupy 35 a community or structure that is governed by a condominium 36 association under chapter 718, or which fully occupies a 37 community or structure that is governed by a condominium 38 association under chapter 718, is deemed a nontransient 39 residential use for purposes of all local zoning ordinances. A 40 local law, ordinance, or regulation may not prohibit certified 41 recovery residences or regulate the duration or frequency of use 42 of a certified recovery residence in a multifamily structure. 43 (b)A municipality or county shall allow the establishment 44 of a certified recovery residence in all districts zoned 45 multifamily residential and shall allow a structure originally 46 constructed and permitted for multifamily purposes to be used as 47 a certified recovery residence, allowing up to two residents per 48 bedroom, without obtaining a zoning or a land use change, a 49 special exception, a conditional use approval, a variance, or a 50 comprehensive plan amendment for the zoning and densities 51 authorized under this subsection. 52 (c)A municipality or county may deny the establishment of 53 a Level IV certified recovery residence if the proposed use is 54 adjacent to, or on two or more sides of, a parcel zoned for 55 single-family residential use and is within a single-family 56 residential development with at least 25 contiguous single 57 family homes. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term 58 adjacent to means those properties sharing more than one point 59 of a property line, but the term does not include properties 60 separated by a public road. 61 (d)This subsection applies to certified recovery residence 62 providers that were voluntarily certified by the credentialing 63 entity pursuant to this section on or before July 1, 2025. 64 Section 2.Paragraph (c) of subsection (8) of section 65 397.4871, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 66 397.4871Recovery residence administrator certification. 67 (8) 68 (c)Notwithstanding paragraph (b), a Level IV certified 69 recovery residence operating as community housing as defined in 70 s. 397.311(9), which residence is actively managed by a 71 certified recovery residence administrator approved for 100 72 residents under this section and is wholly owned or controlled 73 by a licensed service provider, may: 74 1.Actively manage up to 150 residents so long as the 75 licensed service provider maintains a service provider 76 personnel-to-patient ratio of 1 to 8 and maintains onsite 77 supervision at the residence during times when residents are at 78 the residence 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with a personnel 79 to-resident ratio of 1 to 10. 80 2.Actively manage up to 300 residents, so long as the 81 licensed service provider maintains a service provider 82 personnel-to-patient ratio of 1 to 8 and maintains onsite 83 supervision at the residence during times when residents are at 84 the residence with a personnel-to-resident ratio of 1 to 6. 85 86 A certified recovery residence administrator who has been 87 removed by a certified recovery residence due to termination, 88 resignation, or any other reason may not continue to actively 89 manage more than 50 residents for another service provider or 90 certified recovery residence without being approved by the 91 credentialing entity. 92 Section 3.This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
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