Bill Text: CA AB2335 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Sober living homes.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-21 - From committee without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a). [AB2335 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB2335-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2335	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mansoor

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

    An act to amend Section 1797.1 of the Health and Safety
Code, relating to the Emergency Medical Services Authority. 
 An act to add Section 11834.19 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to residential facilities. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2335, as amended, Mansoor.  Emergency Medical Services
Authority.   Sober living homes.  
   Under existing law, the State Department of Health Care Services
is responsible for licensing and certifying alcoholism and drug abuse
recovery and treatment programs and facilities, as defined,
including both residential and nonresidential programs. Existing law
requires a licensee to provide at least one nonmedical service,
including, recovery services, treatment services, and detoxification
services.  
   This bill would define a sober living home or supportive housing
as any independent, residential property that provides a transitional
living environment for adults who are recovering from problems
related to alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug misuse or abuse, as
specified, and that satisfies certain requirements, including, that
there be no more than 6 residents and that owners, managers,
operators, and residents do not provide certain contractual medical
services onsite. The bill would exempt a sober living home or
supportive housing from licensure under the existing provisions that
govern alcoholism and drug abuse recovery and treatment programs and
facilities.  
   Existing law establishes the Emergency Medical Services Authority.
Existing law declares that by establishing the authority, it is the
intent of the Legislature to provide a statewide system for emergency
medical services and to make the authority responsible for the
coordination and integration of all state activities concerning
emergency medical services.  
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those
intent provisions. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 11834.19 is added to the 
 Health and Safety Code   , to read:  
   11834.19.  (a) For purposes of this chapter, "sober living home"
or "supportive housing" means any independent, residential property
that provides a transitional living environment for adults who are
recovering from problems related to alcohol, drug, or alcohol and
drug misuse or abuse that does not require participation in alcohol
or drug recovery treatment or detoxification services as a condition
of tenancy, and that satisfies all of the following requirements:
   (1) There are no more than six residents living on the property.
   (2) Each resident holds a lease or rental agreement in his or her
name and is responsible for paying his or her own rent.
   (3) Each resident has his or her own room or apartment and is
individually responsible for coordinating any shared tenancy
arrangement.
   (4) Owners, managers, operators, and residents do not provide any
of the following contractual medical services onsite:
   (A) Recovery services.
   (B) Treatment services.
   (C) Detoxification services.
   (D) Routine home visits for medical checkups.
   (E) Diagnostic evaluation of medical and psychological problems.
   (F) Prescription and delivery of oral medication.
   (5) Owners, managers, operators, and residents ensure that the
property and its use comply with applicable federal, state, and local
laws.
   (b) A sober living home or supportive housing is exempt from
licensure under this chapter.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 1797.1 of the Health and
Safety Code is amended to read:
   1797.1.  The Legislature finds and declares that it is the intent
of this act to provide the state with a statewide system for
emergency medical services by establishing within the Health and
Human Services Agency the Emergency Medical Services Authority, which
is responsible for the coordination and integration of all state
activities concerning emergency medical services.