What is the official ID of this bill?
The official print number for this legislation is S 2733.
Boosting Mental Health Recovery: Professionalizing Peer Support Specialists.
This law aims to improve access to mental health and substance use recovery services by professionalizing and expanding the peer support workforce. It establishes an official occupational category for individuals with lived recovery experience (peer support specialists) and creates a dedicated Office of Recovery within a federal agency to coordinate training and best practices. Furthermore, the act mandates a study to identify and remove legal barriers, such as overly restrictive criminal background checks, that prevent qualified individuals in recovery from entering this profession.
Key points
Establishes a new, official occupational category for "peer support specialists"—individuals who have personal experience recovering from mental health or substance use disorders.
Creates a federal Office of Recovery to lead the development, training, and professionalization of this workforce, aiming to improve service quality and availability.
Requires a review of state criminal background check laws to reduce unnecessary barriers for qualified individuals seeking certification as peer support specialists.
Status:
Expired
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