Melissa A. Melendez
- Republican
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. Existing law authorizes the department to charge a fee to all programs for licensure or certification by the department, and establishes the Residential and Outpatient Program Licensing Fund to hold these fees. This bill would create the Allied Behavioral Health Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and would transfer the responsibility to oversee those certifying organizations from the State Department of Health Care Services to the board. The bill would require the board to establish regulations and standards for the licensure of substance use disorder counselors, as specified. This bill would require an applicant for a substance use disorder counselor license to have documented to a certifying organization that they have obtained a master's degree in alcohol and drug counseling or a related counseling master's degree, as specified, and to pass specified examinations. The bill would require the board to review the criminal history of the applicant, as specified. The bill would prohibit a person from using the title of "Licensed Alcohol Drug Counselor" unless the person has applied for and obtained a license from the board, and would make a violation of that provision punishable by an administrative penalty not to exceed $1,000. The bill would require the board to establish fees for licensure, as specified, and would revert all unencumbered funds appropriated from fees in the Residential and Outpatient Program Licensing Fund to the State Department of Health Care Services for the purpose of certification oversight of substance use disorder counselors to that fund. The bill would make its provisions operative upon the appropriation by the Legislature of sufficient funds allocated to the state from a specified settlement agreement, consistent with the requirements of the settlement agreement.
Re-referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and HUM. S.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3672.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.
Set for hearing May 9.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3544.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 27.
April 28 hearing postponed by committee.
Set for hearing April 28.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3325.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
Set for hearing April 5.
March 29 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
Set for hearing March 29.
From printer.
Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB1134 | HTML |
| 02/16/22 - Introduced | |
| 03/28/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/24/22 - Amended Assembly |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/31/22- Senate Human Services | |
| 04/25/22- Senate Housing | |
| 05/11/22- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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