Bill Text: CA AB666 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 666 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Substance use disorder workforce development.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)

Status: (Passed) 2022-03-09 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 7, Statutes of 2022. [AB666 Detail]

Download: California-2021-AB666-Amended.html

Amended IN Assembly March 11, 2021

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 666

Introduced by Assembly Member Chiu

February 12, 2021

~~An act to amend Section 3071 of the Labor Code, relating to apprenticeship.~~ An act to amend Section 11755 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to substance abuse.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 666, as amended, Chiu. ~~Apprenticeship.~~ Substance abuse programs.

Existing law imposes various requirements on the State Department of Health Care Services relating to the administration of alcohol and drug programs, including, but not limited to, providing funds to counties for planning and implementing local programs to alleviate problems related to alcohol and other drug use, reviewing and certifying alcohol and other drug programs that meet state standards, developing and maintaining a centralized data collection system to gather and obtain information on the status of the alcohol and other drug abuse problems in the state, and issuing an annual report that portrays the drugs abused, populations affected, user characteristics, crime-related costs, socioeconomic costs, and other related information deemed necessary in providing a problem profile of alcohol and other drug abuse in the state.
This bill would require that report to be issued on or before March 1 of each year.
This bill would also state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to expand the substance use disorder treatment workforce in California to aid in the treatment of alcohol and drug abuse and to reduce the number of opioid overdoses and deaths in California.
Existing law establishes the California Apprenticeship Council within the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, which is in the Department of Industrial Relations. Existing law prescribes duties for the council that include establishing standards for minimum wages, maximum hours, and working conditions for apprentice agreements in the building and construction trades and for firefighter occupations, which are referred to as apprenticeship standards.
~~This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in the provisions relating to apprenticeship standards that are described above.~~

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to expand the substance use disorder treatment workforce in California to aid in the treatment of alcohol and drug abuse and to reduce the number of opioid overdoses and deaths in California.

SEC. 2.

Section 11755 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

11755.

The department shall do all of the following:

(a) Adopt regulations pursuant to Section 11152 of the Government Code.

(b) Employ administrative, technical, and other personnel as may be necessary for the performance of its powers and duties.

(d) Provide funds to counties for the planning and implementation of local programs to alleviate problems related to alcohol and other drug use.

(e) Review and execute contracts for drug and alcohol services submitted for funds allocated or administered by the department.

(f) Provide for technical assistance and training to local alcohol and other drug programs to assist in the planning and implementation of quality services.

(g) Review research in, and serve as a resource to provide information relating to, alcohol and other drug programs.

(h) In cooperation with the Department of Human Resources, encourage training in other state agencies to assist the agencies to recognize employee problems relating to alcohol and other drug use that affects job performance and encourage the employees to seek appropriate services.

(i) Assist and cooperate with the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development in the drafting and adoption of the state health plan to ensure inclusion of appropriate provisions relating to alcohol and other drug problems.

(j) In the same manner and subject to the same conditions as other state agencies, develop and submit annually to the Department of Finance a program budget for the alcohol and other drug programs, which budget shall include expenditures proposed to be made under this division, and may include expenditures proposed to be made by any other state agency relating to alcohol and other drug problems, pursuant to an interagency agreement with the department.

(k) Review and certify alcohol and other drug programs meeting state standards pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 11830) and Chapter 13 (commencing with Section 11847) of Part 2.

(l) Develop standards for ensuring minimal statewide levels of service quality provided by alcohol and other drug programs.

(m) Review and license narcotic treatment programs.

(n) Develop and implement, in partnership with the counties, alcohol and other drug prevention strategies especially designed for youth.

(o) Develop and maintain a centralized alcohol and drug abuse indicator data collection system that shall gather and obtain information on the status of the alcohol and other drug abuse problems in the state. This information shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(1) 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.

(2) The location and types of services offered by these programs.

(3) The number of admissions to hospitals on both an emergency room and inpatient basis for treatment related to alcohol and other drugs.

(4) The number of arrests for alcohol and other drug violations.

(5) The number of Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, commitments for drug violations.

(6) The number of Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation commitments for drug violations.

(7) The number or percentage of persons having alcohol or other drug problems as determined by survey information.

(8) The amounts of illicit drugs confiscated by law enforcement in the state.

(9) The statewide alcohol and other drug program distribution and the fiscal impact of alcohol and other drug problems upon the state.

(p) Providers of publicly funded services or services licensed by the department to clients-participants shall report the data described in subdivision (o) in a manner, in a format, and under a schedule prescribed by the department.

~~(p)~~

(q) Issue an annual ~~report~~ report, on or before March 1 of each year, that portrays the drugs abused, populations affected, user characteristics, crime-related costs, socioeconomic costs, and other related information deemed necessary in providing a problem profile of alcohol and other drug abuse in the state.

~~(q)~~

(r) (1) Require any individual, public or private organization, or government agency, receiving federal grant funds, to comply with all federal statutes, regulations, guidelines, and terms and conditions of the grants. The failure of the individual, public or private organization, or government agency, to comply with the statutes, regulations, guidelines, and terms and conditions of grants received may result in the department’s disallowing noncompliant costs, or the suspension or termination of the contract or grant award allocating the grant funds.

(2) Adopt regulations implementing this subdivision in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. For the purposes of the Administrative Procedure Act, the adoption of the regulations shall be deemed necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, or general welfare. Subsequent amendments to the adoption of emergency regulations shall be deemed an emergency only if those amendments are adopted in direct response to a change in federal statutes, regulations, guidelines, or the terms and conditions of federal grants. Nothing in this paragraph shall be interpreted as prohibiting the department from adopting subsequent amendments on a nonemergency basis or as emergency regulations in accordance with the standards set forth in Section 11346.1 of the Government Code.

SECTION 1.Section 3071 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
3071.
(a)The California Apprenticeship Council shall meet quarterly at a designated date and special meetings may be held at the call of the chair. The council shall issue rules and regulations which establish standards for minimum wages, maximum hours, and working conditions for apprentice agreements in the building and construction trades and for firefighter occupations, hereinafter in this chapter referred to as apprenticeship standards, which shall not be lower than those prescribed by this chapter; and shall issue rules and regulations governing equal opportunities in apprenticeship, affirmative action programs which include women and minorities in apprenticeship, and other on-the-job training, and criteria for selection procedures with a view particularly toward eliminating criteria not relevant to qualification for training employment or more stringent than is reasonably necessary.
(b)For purposes of this section, “firefighter occupations” means those occupations submitted by the California Firefighter Joint Apprenticeship Committee and approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards.
(c)Notwithstanding the standards established pursuant to subdivision (a), if the minimum wages, maximum hours, and working conditions for apprentices in the California Firefighter Joint Apprenticeship Program are in conflict with the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement with a public employer, the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement shall prevail.