BILL NUMBER: AB 1432	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonta

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 11750 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to human services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1432, as introduced, Bonta. Drug and alcohol abuse programs.
   Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services
to administer all statewide service programs related to alcohol and
drug abuse. Existing law authorizes the department to receive federal
funds to implement programs that provide services to alleviate the
problems related to alcohol and other drug use.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to a
provision related to drug and alcohol abuse programs.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 11750 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   11750.  (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:   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 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.