AB60Introduced in the Assembly
Revises provisions relating to certain behavioral health services. (BDR 39-434)
Introduced by Health and Human Services
What does this bill do?
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Official description
AN ACT relating to behavioral health; requiring the certification of a natural person who holds himself or herself out as a certified prevention specialist; prohibiting a minor from providing or supervising the provision of peer recovery support services; authorizing the imposition of civil penalties for certain violations; prohibiting the employment or retention as an independent contractor of a natural person to serve as a certified prevention specialist in a position where the natural person has regular and substantial contact with minors if the natural person has been found to have engaged in certain conduct; requiring a certified prevention specialist to report certain information; requiring a substance use disorder prevention coalition to employ or enter into contracts with certified prevention specialists for certain purposes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Where it stands
Chapter 223.
June 3, 2025
How did lawmakers vote?
Assembly votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
Senate votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
SenateStage: Senate Final Passage · May 23, 2025
21
Yes
0
No
0
Absent or Not Voting
21 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
What do people think?
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See how each senator voted
| Senator | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Michelee Cruz-Crawford | 1 | Yes |
| Edgar Flores | 2 | Yes |
| Rochelle Nguyen | 3 | Yes |
| Dina Neal | 4 | Yes |
| Carrie Ann Buck | 5 | Yes |
| Nicole Cannizzaro | 6 | Yes |
| Roberta Lange | 7 | Yes |
| Marilyn Dondero Loop | 8 | Yes |
| Melanie Scheible | 9 | Yes |
| Fabian Donate | 10 | Yes |
Bill history
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer.
From printer.
Read first time. To committee.
Notice of eligibility for exemption.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 19.) To printer.
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 41, Nays: 1.) To Senate.
In Senate.
Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 588.) To printer.
From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint.
Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
In Assembly.
Senate Amendment No. 588 concurred in. To enrollment.
Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
Approved by the Governor.
Chapter 223.
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