BILL NUMBER: AB 1983	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mansoor

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to amend Section 11834.09 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to substance abuse.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1983, as introduced, Mansoor. Substance abuse: recovery and
treatment facilities.
   Existing law provides for the licensure, certification, and
regulation of alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment
facilities serving adults, administered by the State Department of
Alcohol and Drug Programs. Existing law authorizes the department to
issue a license to specified types of facilities if certain criteria
are met.
   This bill would instead require the department to issue a license
if these criteria are met.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 11834.09 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
   11834.09.  (a)  Upon receipt of a completed written application,
fire clearance, and licensing fee from the prospective licensee, and
subject to the department's review and determination that the
prospective licensee can comply with this chapter and regulations
adopted pursuant to this chapter, the department  may
  shall  issue a single license to the following
types of alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities:
   (1)  A residential facility.
   (2)  A facility wherein separate buildings or portions of a
residential facility are integral components of a single alcoholism
or drug abuse recovery or treatment facility and all of the
components of the facility are managed by the same licensee.
   (b)  Failure to submit a completed written application, fire
clearance, and payment of the required licensing fee in a timely
manner shall result in termination of the department's licensure
review and shall require submission of a new application by the
prospective licensee.
   (c)  Failure of the prospective licensee to demonstrate the
ability to comply with this chapter or the regulations adopted
pursuant to this chapter shall result in departmental denial of the
prospective licensee's application for licensure.