U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10487: Recovery First Housing Act
Status: In committee, September 17, 2026
To amend title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to require project sponsors to offer substance use disorder treatment to persons admitted to emergency shelter, transitional housing, or permanent housing, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to require project sponsors to offer substance use disorder treatment to persons admitted to emergency shelter, transitional housing, or permanent housing, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, September 17, 2026:
A BILL To amend title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to require project sponsors to offer substance use disorder treatment to persons admitted to emergency shelter, transitional housing, or permanent housing, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Recovery First Housing Act . SECTION 2. Drug and alcohol treatment requirement Title IV, subtitle A, of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is amending by adding at the end the following: SECTION 409. Drug and alcohol treatment requirement (a) In general Any project sponsor receiving funds under this title to provide emergency shelter, transitional housing, or permanent housing shall offer substance use disorder treatment, including step-down treatment, to each person with a substance use disorder as determined by the project sponsor that such project sponsor admits to such emergency shelter, transitional housing, or permanent housing. (b) Exception Subsection (a) shall not apply to a project sponsor who admits a person who is an unaccompanied minor. (c) Definitions (1) Substance use disorder treatment The term substance use disorder treatment means an evidence-based substance use disorder intervention that-- (A) is delivered by a licensed provider; and (B) provides an appropriate level of care consisting of medically supervised withdrawal management, residential treatment, intensive outpatient treatment, outpatient treatment, medication-assisted treatment where clinically indicated, recovery housing with …
Sponsors
- Tim Burchett (R, HD-002) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Housing and Community Development
Common questions
- What is HB10487?
- HB10487 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Recovery First Housing Act.
- What does HB10487 do?
- In its own words: To amend title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to require project sponsors to offer substance use disorder treatment to persons admitted to emergency shelter, transitional housing, or permanent housing, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB10487?
- In committee as of September 17, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (September 17, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10487?
- Tim Burchett (R, HD-002).
- Where is the official record for HB10487?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10487
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