Jerry Hill
- Democratic
Author
Existing law grants the State Department of Health Care Services the sole authority in state government to determine the qualifications of personnel working within alcoholism or drug abuse recovery and treatment programs licensed, certified, or funded under state law. Existing law requires the department to require that a person providing counseling services within those programs be registered with or certified by a certifying organization approved by the department. Existing law also generally provides for the registration, certification, and licensure of various healing arts professionals by the Department of Consumer Affairs. This bill would require the Department of Consumer Affairs, by July 1, 2020, to conduct a sunrise review for the licensing of alcohol or drug counselors and to submit a report to the Legislature proposing licensing standards for independent practitioners providing alcohol or drug abuse recovery or treatment services. Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to license and regulate alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities serving adults. Existing law authorizes the department to certify qualified alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment programs, as prescribed. Under existing law, the department regulates the quality of these programs, taking into consideration the significance of community-based programs to alcohol and other drug abuse recovery and the need to encourage opportunities for low-income and special needs populations to receive alcohol and other drug abuse recovery or treatment services. This bill would require an outpatient alcohol or other substance use disorder recovery or treatment services program that provides those services to the public and is not otherwise licensed under existing law, to be licensed by the department, beginning January 1, 2021. The bill would require the department to develop regulations to establish program licensure standards and would integrate existing quality assurance provisions into the licensure requirements. The bill would deem a Drug Medi-Cal certified treatment program operating under the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System Waiver to be in compliance with the bill's licensure requirements under certain conditions. The bill would require the department to charge a fee, not to exceed the reasonable regulatory costs of administering the licensing program and issuing a license under these provisions. The bill would prohibit the practice or operation of a qualified outpatient alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment service, program, or provider without first obtaining a current valid license, and would impose specified penalties for violations of that prohibition.
July 9 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1267.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1096.) (May 16).
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Set for hearing May 16.
April 29 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Set for hearing April 29.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 715.) (April 10).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 10.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB325 | HTML |
| 02/15/19 - Introduced | |
| 03/28/19 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/11/19 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/17/19 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/13/19 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/01/19 - Amended Assembly |
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