Bill
Number: S.B. 1451
Barto
Floor Amendment
Reference
to: printed bill
Amendment
drafted by: Leg Council
FLOOR
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1.
Establishes that it is unlawful for a person, health care
provider, health care facility or sober living home, when providing or offering
substance use disorder services, to offer, pay, solicit or receive any cash or
in-kind consideration in return for referring a patient to or from a sober
living home.
2.
Modifies the proposed penalty structure to classify
violations as felonies rather than civil penalties.
Page 1, line 2, strike "44" insert
"13"; strike "10" insert "37"
Line 3,
strike "article 11" insert "section 13‑3730"
Strike line
4
Line 5,
strike "44‑1581. Prohibited" insert "13‑3730. Unlawful"; strike "exceptions; civil"
Line 6,
strike "penalty" insert "classification"
Line 7,
after "A." insert "It is
unlawful for"
Line 8,
strike "structured"; strike "may not:" insert "when providing or
offering substance use disorder services, to"
Line 9,
strike "1."; strike the first "or" insert a comma; after "pay"
strike remainder of line
Strike lines
10 through 13
Line 14,
strike "2." insert a comma
Line 17,
strike "(a)" insert
"1."; strike "patronage"
insert "clients"; strike "heaLth
care"
Line 18,
strike "provider, health care facility or structured"
Strike lines
19 through 45
Page 2,
strike lines 1 through 17, insert:
"2. Accepting or acknowledging the enrollment of a patient
or client for substance use disorder services at a sober living home."
Reletter to
conform
Line 18,
strike "person who violates" insert "violation of"; after "section"
insert "is"
Strike lines
19 through 29, insert:
"1. A class 3 felony if the consideration has a value of one
thousand dollars or more.
2. A class 4 felony if the consideration
has a value of more than one hundred dollars but less than one thousand
dollars.
3. A class 6 felony if the consideration
has a value of one hundred dollars or less."
Page 2, line
30, strike "structured"
Strike line
31, insert "means any premises, place or building that
provides alcohol-free or drug-free housing and that:
1. Promotes
independent living and life skills development.
2. May
provide activities that are directed primarily toward recovery from substance
use disorders.
3. Provides
a supervised setting to a group of unrelated individuals who are recovering
from substance use disorders.
4. Does not provide any medical or
clinical services or medication administration on-site, except for verification
of abstinence."
Amend title to conform