AB 1879
Substance use: treatment or residential data reporting.
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Bill overview
This bill requires licensed alcohol or drug recovery facilities, certified programs, and recovery residences to annually report data to the Department of Health Care Services. The data collected would include the number of individuals receiving treatment or residing in these facilities, the duration of their treatment, and outcome information. This reporting is intended to improve the state’s understanding of substance use disorder treatment capacity and trends, aligning with existing data collection systems like the California Outcomes Measurement System. The data reported will exclude personally identifiable information.
Key provisions
- Facilities and programs must annually submit data on the number of individuals receiving treatment or residing in their facilities.
- Data must include the duration of treatment or residential periods.
- The department must collect and publish an annual report on the submitted data.
- Data reporting excludes personally identifiable information.
- The bill does not apply to entities contracted to provide Medi-Cal treatment services.
- Entities already reporting through the California Outcomes Measurement System are not subject to additional reporting requirements.
Who is affected
- Alcohol or other drug recovery facilities
- Certified alcohol or other drug programs
- Recovery residences
- Department of Health Care Services
- Individuals seeking substance use treatment
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| Amended IN Assembly April 23, 2026 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1879
| Introduced by Assembly Member Dixon (Coauthor: Assembly Member Schiavo) |
| February 12, 2026 |
An act to add Chapter 7.45 (commencing with Section 11833.08) to Part 2 of Division 10.5 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to substance use programs.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1879, as amended, Dixon. Substance use: treatment or residential data reporting.
Existing law provides for the licensure of alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facilities, and the certification of alcohol or other drug programs, by the State Department of Health Care Services. Existing law requires these treatment providers to maintain records of referrals made to or from recovery residences, which include, but are not limited to, sober living homes. Existing law requires the department to develop and maintain a centralized indicator data collection system that gathers and obtains information on the status of alcohol and other drug problems in the state, and requires the information to include, among other things, the number and characteristics of persons receiving recovery or treatment services from alcohol and other drug programs providing publicly funded services or services licensed by the state. Existing data collection systems developed by the department, known as the California Outcomes Measurement System Treatment and Drug and the Alcohol Treatment Access Report, collect data for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services and SUD treatment capacity from specified treatment providers.
This bill would require the above-described facilities, programs, and residences, facilities and programs, commencing on January 1, 2028, to annually submit to the department certain data, including, among other information, the number of individuals receiving treatment services from, or residing in, the respective entity, and the duration of the treatment or residential period. treatment and outcome information and treatment availability information consistent with the requirements of the California Outcomes Measurement System Treatment and the Drug and the Alcohol Treatment Access Report. The bill would not apply to an entity that is contracted to provide Medi-Cal treatment services or contracted with the department, among others, and would clarify that these provisions do not impose additional or new reporting requirements on an entity that reports data to the department through the California Outcomes Measurement System Treatment and the Drug and Alcohol Treatment Access Report.
The bill would require the department to collect the data and publish an annual report about the data on its internet website. The bill would require that the data exclude any personally identifiable information about the individuals, as specified.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 7.45 (commencing with Section 11833.08) is added to Part 2 of Division 10.5 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:
CHAPTER 7.45. Treatment or Residential Data Reporting
11833.08.
(a) This section applies to all both of the following entities:
(1) An alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facility, licensed by the department pursuant to Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 11834.01).
(2) An alcohol or other drug program, certified by the department pursuant to Chapter 7.1 (commencing with Section 11832).
(3)A recovery residence, as defined in Section 11833.05.
(b) Commencing on January 1, 2028, an entity listed in subdivision (a) shall annually submit to the department all of the following data for the corresponding year: treatment and outcome information and treatment availability information consistent with the requirements of the California Outcomes Measurement System Treatment system and the Drug and Alcohol Treatment Access Report.
(1)Number of individuals receiving treatment services from, or residing in, the respective entity.
(2)Whether an individual had previously received treatment services from, or resided in, an entity of that category.
(3)Duration of treatment or residential period for each individual within the respective entity.
(c)The department shall collect the data submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) and shall publish an annual report about the data for the corresponding year on the department’s internet website.
(d)Data submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be in individualized form, whereas data published pursuant to subdivision (c) shall be in aggregated form.
(e)(1)Data submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) and data published pursuant to subdivision (c) shall exclude any personally identifiable information about the individuals described in this section.
(2)This section shall be implemented in a manner not in conflict with federal or state privacy laws.
(c) Data submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be provided in a form and manner and in accordance with timelines prescribed by the department.(d) (1) This section does not apply to an entity listed in subdivision (a) that is contracted to provide Medi-Cal treatment services or contracted with the department, a county behavioral health department, a county substance use disorder division for the provision of substance use disorder services, or that is otherwise required to submit data to a county through the California Outcome Measurement System Treatment system.(2) This section does not impose additional or new reporting requirements on an entity listed in subdivision (a) that reports data to the department pursuant to the California Outcomes Measurement System Treatment system and the Drug and Alcohol Treatment Access Report.