1. (1) Peer recovery coaches may provide peer recovery support services in accordance with this subchapter to individuals with mental health or substance use challenges in any of the following:

   1. (a) Substance use overdose treatment program certified under subch. III.
   2. (b) A behavioral health program certified under ch. DHS 34, 35, 36, 63, 75, or 124.

2. (2) Peer recovery coaches shall do all of the following:

   1. (a) Possess personal lived experience with mental health challenges, substance use challenges, or both. This may include experience as a parent or as an adult family member of an individual who has experienced mental health or substance use challenges.
   2. (b) Use their lived experience and recovery, combined with training and supervision, to support participants with mental health or substance use challenges in their recovery.
   3. (c) Provide services in coordination with the participant’s individual treatment goals noted on the service plan.
   4. (d) Guide the recovery process and support the participant’s recovery choices, goals, and decisions.
   5. (e) Provide trauma informed, person-centered, and strength-based peer recovery support services.

3. (3) If indicated in a participant’s treatment goals noted on the service plan, peer recovery coaches may provide any of the following services:

   1. (a) Peer recovery support services in a variety of settings to assist the participant in positively engaging in their community.
   2. (b) Coaching the participant to increase their needed skills and assist them on accomplishing tasks and goals noted on the service plan.
   3. (c) Connecting the participant to needed resources, services, and supports that will assist the participant to enhance their recovery.
   4. (d) Mentoring the participant and using their lived experience to provide mutual support and inspire hope.
   5. (e) Planning, developing, and facilitating groups using peer recovery supports or peer recovery support activities to enhance recovery.
   6. (f) Assisting in the development of formal and informal supports, serve as an advocate, mentor, or facilitator for the resolution of challenges.
   7. (g) Performing a range of peer support tasks to assist the parents or legal guardians of a youth participant during the recovery process.
   8. (h) Assisting the participant to engage in behavioral health or to address barriers to their recovery.
   9. (i) Supporting the participant’s use of harm reduction strategies and a variety of pathways to recovery.
   10. (j) Engaging other supports that facilitate the participant’s engagement and active participation in their own recovery.

History

History: CR 24-081: cr. Register September 2025 No. 837, eff. 10-1-25; correction in (3) (b), (c), (g), (h) made under s. 35. 17, Stats., Register September 2025 No. 837.