KRS 222.500: Definitions for KRS 222.500 to 222.510.

As used in KRS 222.500 to 222.510:

(1) "Cabinet" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services;

(2) "Certifying organization" means:

(a) The Kentucky Recovery Housing Network;

(b) The National Alliance for Recovery Residences or their recognized affiliates;

(c) Oxford House, Inc.; and

(d) Any other organization that develops and administers professional

certification programs requiring minimum standards for the operation of

recovery residences that has been recognized and approved by the Cabinet for

Health and Family Services;

(3) "Local government" means a city, county, urban -county government, consolidated

local government, charter county government, or unified local government;

(4) "Medication for addiction treatment" means the use of pharmacological agents

approved by the United States Foo d and Drug Administration for the treatment of

substance use disorders in combination with counseling and other behavioral health

therapies to provide a whole -patient approach to the treatment of substance use

disorders;

(5) "Recovery residence":

(a) Means any premises, place, or building that:

1. Holds itself out as a recovery residence, recovery home, sober living

residence, alcohol, illicit drug, and other intoxicating substance -free

home for unrelated individuals, or any o ther similarly named or

identified residence that promotes substance use disorder recovery

through abstinence from intoxicating substances; and

2. Provides a housing arrangement for a group of unrelated individuals

who are recovering from substance use disorders or to a group of parents

who are recovering from a substance use disorder and their children,

including peer-to-peer supervision models; and

(b) Does not include any premises, place, or building that is licensed or otherwise

approved by the cabinet or any other agency of state government to operate as

a residential or inpatient substance use treatment facility;

(6) "Recovery support services":

(a) Means activities that are directed primarily toward recovery from substance

use disorders and includes b ut is not limited to mutual aid self -help meetings,

recovery coaching, spiritual coaching, group support, and assistance in

achieving and retaining gainful employment; and

(b) Does not include any medical, clinical, behavioral health, or other substance

use treatment service for which a license or other approval is required under

state law; and

(7) "Resident-driven length of stay" means the amount of time an individual is allowed

to stay at a recovery residence as determined by the individual resident based upon

his or her recovery needs and not by a third-party payor.