Alcohol and drug programs.
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Fiscal committee
No
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No
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- Introduced
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- Passed Assembly
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Overview
This bill aims to strengthen oversight of adult alcohol and drug recovery facilities and programs in California. It requires facilities and programs to disclose any financial interests they have in recovery residences and mandates regular reporting of money transfers between these entities. The bill also establishes timelines for investigations of alleged violations and outlines procedures for addressing unlicensed recovery residences, including potential penalties and referrals to other enforcement agencies. Furthermore, it requires facilities to report all money transfers between the program or facility and a recovery residence during the previous fiscal year to detect patient brokering, illicit kickbacks, or unethical inducements.
Key provisions
- Requires facilities and programs to disclose financial interests in recovery residences.
- Establishes a timeline of 10 days for initiating investigations and 60 days for completing them.
- Mandates reporting of money transfers between programs/facilities and recovery residences annually.
- Allows county behavioral health agencies to request approval for site visits of alleged unlicensed recovery residences.
- Authorizes the department to suspend or revoke licenses for failure to disclose information.
- Requires the department to analyze transfer data and develop guidelines for permissible and impermissible transfers.
- Specifies penalties for operating an unlicensed recovery residence, including civil fines and prohibition from applying for licensure.
- Requires facilities to notify the department of any relationship with a recovery residence.
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