Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of adult alcoholism or drug abuse recovery and treatment facilities by the State Department of Health Care Services. Existing law requires a licensee to provide recovery, treatment, or detoxification services. Existing law authorizes the department to adopt regulations requiring records and procedures that are appropriate for each of those services, including, among others, discharge and continuing care planning.
This bill would instead require the department to adopt regulations requiring discharge and continuing care planning that are appropriate for each of the aforementioned services. The bill would require the department to adopt regulations requiring a licensee to, among other things, develop a plan to help the patient return to their home community at the conclusion of treatment, as specified, and schedule for the patient a follow-up meeting with a mental health or substance use disorder professional to occur no more than 7 days after discharge.

Statutes affected:
AB 423: 11834.26 HSC
02/05/25 - Introduced: 11834.26 HSC