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 02/05/25 - Introduced

 AB-423 Alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment programs and facilities: disclosures.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 04/02/2025 09:00 PM

AB423:v98#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 April 02, 2025

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill

No. 423

Introduced by Assembly Member Davies

February 05, 2025

 An act to amend Section 11834.26 11833.05 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to alcohol and drug programs. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 423, as amended, Davies.
 Alcohol and drug recovery or treatment facilities: discharge and continuing care planning. Alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment programs and facilities: disclosures.

Existing law grants the sole authority in state government to the State Department of Health Care Services to certify alcohol or other drug programs and to license adult alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities. Existing law requires certified programs and licensed facilities to disclose to the department if any of its agents, partners, directors, officers, or owners own or have a financial interest in a recovery residence and whether it has contractual relationships with entities that provide recovery services to clients of certified programs or licensed facilities if the entity is not a part of a certified program or a licensed facility. Existing law defines “recovery residence” as a residential dwelling that provides primary housing for individuals who seek a cooperative living
 arrangement that supports personal recovery from a substance use disorder and that does not require licensure by the department or does not provide licensable services.

This bill would require a business-operated recovery residence to register its location with the department. The bill would define a business-operated recovery residence as a recovery residence in which a business, in exchange for compensation, provides more than one service beyond those of a typical tenancy arrangement to more than one occupant, including, but not limited to, drug testing, supervision, scheduling, rule setting, rule enforcement, room assignment, entertainment, gym memberships, transportation, laundry, or meal preparation and coordination.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of adult alcoholism or drug abuse recovery and treatment facilities by the State Department of Health Care Services. Existing law requires a licensee to provide recovery, treatment, or detoxification services. Existing law authorizes the department to adopt regulations requiring records and procedures that are appropriate for each of those services, including, among others, discharge and continuing care planning. 

This bill would instead require the department to adopt regulations requiring discharge and continuing care planning that are appropriate for each of the aforementioned services. The bill would require the department to adopt regulations requiring a licensee to, among other things, develop a plan to help the patient return to their home community at the conclusion of treatment,
 as specified, and schedule for the patient a follow-up meeting with a mental health or substance use disorder professional to occur no more than 7 days after discharge. 

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 YES 
 Local Program:
 NO 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 11833.05 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

11833.05.

 (a) A program certified by the department pursuant to Chapter 7.1 (commencing with Section 11832) or a facility licensed by the department pursuant to Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 11834.01) shall disclose to the department if any of its agents, partners, directors, officers, or owners, including a sole proprietor and member, has either of the following:

(1) Ownership or control of, or financial interest in, a recovery residence.

(2) Any contractual relationship with an entity that regularly provides professional services or substance use disorder treatment or recovery services to clients of programs certified or facilities licensed by the department, if the entit