BILL NUMBER: AB 2772	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chang
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Brough)
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Bates)
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Wagner)

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to add Chapter 1.6 (commencing with Section 1212) to Title
8 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, relating to drug treatment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2772, as introduced, Chang. Drug treatment programs.
   Existing law requires certain defendants to participate in a drug
treatment program when, among other things, under a deferred entry of
judgment program, as a condition of probation, and as a condition of
parole.
   Existing law prohibits a person, firm, partnership, association,
corporation, or local governmental entity from operating,
establishing, managing, conducting, or maintaining an alcoholism or
drug abuse recovery or treatment facility to provide recovery,
treatment, or detoxification services within this state without first
obtaining a current valid license from the State Department of
Health Care Services.
   This bill would require a person seeking treatment at an
alcoholism and drug abuse recovery or treatment facility because he
or she has been ordered or required to participate in a drug
treatment program pursuant to the Penal Code to seek treatment from
an alcoholism and drug abuse recovery or treatment facility that is
licensed by the State Department of Health Care Services and in
compliance with the local laws where the facility is located.
   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.  Chapter 1.6 (commencing with Section 1212) is added to
Title 8 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 1.6.  DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS


   1212.  Notwithstanding any other law, a person seeking treatment
at an alcoholism and drug abuse recovery or treatment facility, as
defined in Section 11834.02 of the Health and Safety Code, because he
or she has been ordered or required to participate in a drug
treatment program pursuant to this code shall seek treatment from an
alcoholism and drug abuse recovery or treatment facility that meets
both of the following requirements:
   (a) The facility is licensed by the State Department of Health
Care Services pursuant to Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section
11834.01) and is listed on the department's Internet Web site.
   (b) The facility is in compliance with the local laws where the
facility is located.