Bill Text: CA AB224 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Alcohol and drug programs: discharge plans.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2020-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB224 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB224-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 21, 2019 |
Assembly Bill | No. 224 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Brough |
January 16, 2019 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law sets forth provisions for the transfer of the duties, powers, purposes, functions, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the former State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs to the State Department of Health Care Services and the State Department of Public Health, as specified, on July 1, 2013. Existing law states that the transfer is designed to perform certain tasks, including, among others, consolidating within the State Department of Health Care Services all substance use disorder functions and programs from the former State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs and promoting opportunities for the improvement of health care delivery, as specified.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those provisions.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 11833.06 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:11833.06.
(a) All programs certified by the department pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 11830) or licensed by the department pursuant to Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 11834.01) shall develop and maintain, in writing, a patient discharge plan policy that includes a process for identifying appropriate arrangements for a patient’s posttreatment housing, including, not limited to, residence with a designated family caregiver, a referral to the county behavioral health agency or another local health care or social service agency for assistance with ensuring appropriate housing, or travel arrangements for returning to the patient’s previous residence prior to being admitted to the program.(a)It is the intent of the Legislature that the administrative and programmatic functions of the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs be transferred to the State Department of Health Care Services and the State Department of Public Health effective July 1, 2013. It is further the intent of the Legislature that this transfer happen efficiently and effectively, with no interruptions in service delivery. This transfer is designed to do all of the following:
(1)Consolidate within a single state department, the State Department of Health Care Services, all substance
use disorder functions and programs from the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs.
(2)Align with federal and county partners by consolidating substance use disorder and community mental health functions and programs within one department.
(3)Promote opportunities for the improvement of health care delivery by integrating the state-level administration of substance use disorders, community mental health, and physical health to the benefit of communities and of consumers with substance use disorders and cooccurring disorders.
(4)Ensure appropriate state oversight by consolidating the two key public funding sources, the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant and the Drug Medi-Cal
Treatment Program, for the substance use disorder system in one state department.
(5)Provide effective state leadership on substance use disorder issues by positioning the State Department of Health Care Services to serve as a unified, strong voice to advocate, at both the state and federal levels, on behalf of the needs of communities, county partners, and consumers with substance use disorders.
(b)Effective July 1, 2013, the administrative and programmatic functions that were previously performed by the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs are transferred to the State Department of Health Care Services and the State Department of Public Health in accordance with the act that added this section. Further, except as provided in Section 131055.2, any reference in state statute or regulation to the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs or the State Department of
Alcohol and Drug Abuse shall refer to the State Department of Health Care Services.