CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

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Introduced by Assembly Member Patterson

February 21, 2020

An act to amend Section 11830 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to substance abuse treatment.

Vote: majority   Appropriation: no   Fiscal committee: no   Local program: no

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

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 make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.

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

SECTION 1.

Section 11830 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

11830.

The department shall take the following goals and objectives into consideration in during the implementation of this chapter:

(a) The That the significance of community-based programs to alcohol and other drug abuse recovery shall not be diminished.

(b) Opportunities That the opportunities for low-income and special needs populations to receive alcohol and other drug abuse recovery or treatment services shall be encouraged.