H1193: Residential Living Arrangements

The bill

Provides purpose & duties of community residence; requires that community residence be licensed or certified, or operate pursuant to charter from entity recognized or sanctioned by Congress; authorizes local government to revoke or nullify siting approval of community residence; provides spacing distance requirements for siting of community residence; requires local government to authorize reasonable accommodation for certain proposed community residences if specified requirements are met; requires sponsoring entity to notify designated local government official or other applicable entity within specified timeframe that its license or certification has been revoked or denied; authorizes local government to require sponsoring entity of recovery community to immediately cease operations if continued operation poses immediate & significant threat to health & safety of residents or community; requires local government to respond in writing within specified timeframe to requests regarding whether proposed community residence or recovery residence is within certain spacing distance from certain other residences.