Adrin Nazarian
- Democratic
Author
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of adult alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities by the State Department of Health Care Services and authorizes the department to enforce those provisions. Existing law also requires the department to require that an individual providing counseling services within a program be certified by a certifying organization approved by the department. This bill would require the department to determine the required core competencies for registered and certified counselors working within an alcoholism or drug abuse recovery and treatment program, as specified, and to consult with affected stakeholders in developing these requirements. The bill would require core competency requirements for registered and certified substance use disorder counselors to include, at a minimum, specified elements, including knowledge of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, clinical documentation, and delivery of services in the behavioral health delivery system. The bill would prohibit hour requirements for registered counselors from being lower than the hour requirements for certified peer support specialists. The bill would prohibit the department from implementing the requirements, as specified, before July 1, 2025. The bill would exempt counselors in good standing from the requirements, as specified, if certain criteria are met. The bill would require the department to implement, interpret, or make specific the changes made by the bill without regulatory action by means of all-county letters, plan letters, plan or provider bulletins, or similar instructions, and would require the department to adopt regulations to implement those changes by December 31, 2025. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 11833 of the Health and Safety Code proposed by AB 1860 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1860 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 594, Statutes of 2022.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.).
Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5060.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From Consent Calendar.
Ordered to third reading.
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 29).
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4852.)
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4736.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB2473 | HTML |
| 02/17/22 - Introduced | |
| 03/30/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/21/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/01/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/16/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/18/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/29/22 - Enrolled | |
| 09/27/22 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/22/22- Assembly Health | |
| 05/16/22- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/20/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/27/22- Senate Health | |
| 08/11/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/17/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/22/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/24/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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