Bill Text: CA AB1696 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Sober Living Accountability Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2023-09-11 - Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file. [AB1696 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB1696-Enrolled.html
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Enrolled
June 30, 2023 |
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Passed
IN
Senate
June 29, 2023 |
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Passed
IN
Assembly
May 04, 2023 |
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Amended
IN
Assembly
March 22, 2023 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1696
| Introduced by Assembly Member Sanchez |
February 17, 2023 |
An act to add Section 11831.66 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to recovery residences.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1696, Sanchez.
Sober Living Accountability Act.
Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to license and regulate facilities that provide residential nonmedical services to adults who are recovering from problems related to alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug misuse or abuse, and who need alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug recovery treatment or detoxification services. Existing law also requires the department to implement a voluntary certification procedure for alcohol and other drug treatment recovery services. Existing law also defines a “recovery residence” as a residential dwelling that provides primary housing for individuals who seek a cooperative living arrangement that supports personal recovery from a substance use disorder and that does not require licensure pursuant to those provisions or does not provide licensable services.
This bill would require any government entity, as defined, that enters into a contract with a privately owned recovery residence to require that recovery residence to submit specified documents, including, among other things, written permission from the property owner to operate on the property, as specified, and the policies and procedures used by the recovery resident to address a resident’s right to access prescription and nonprescription drugs. The bill would apply these requirements to any contracts entered into, renewed, or amended on or after January 1, 2024.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 11831.66 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:11831.66.
(a) Any government entity that enters into a contract with a privately owned recovery residence for the provision of recovery services shall require the contracting recovery residence to submit all of the following:(1) Written permission from the property owner of record to operate the recovery residence on the property, unless the property owner is the recovery residence.
(2) Documentation that the recovery residence uses a code of ethics that is aligned with the National Alliance for Recovery Residences or a similar code of ethics approved by the department.
(3) The written policies and procedures used by the
recovery residence to address a resident’s right to access prescription and nonprescription medication, including medication-assisted treatment consistent with state law.
(4) Documentation of both the availability and the ability to properly dispense naloxone at the recovery residence by a trained and knowledgeable individual.
(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) “Government entity” means the state, a county, or a city.
(2) “Recovery residence” has the same meaning as in Section 11833.05.
(c) This section shall apply to contracts entered into, renewed, or amended on or after January 1, 2024.
