BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 631
Author: Leno (D)
Amended: 8/28/06 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEE : 10-0, 6/15/05
AYES: Ortiz, Runner, Aanestad, Alquist, Chesbro, Cox,
Figueroa, Kuehl, Maldonado, Vincent
NO VOTE RECORDED: Romero
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 9-1, 08/23/06
AYES: Murray, Aanestad, Alarcon, Alquist, Battin, Dutton,
Florez, Romero, Torlakson
NOES: Ashburn
NO VOTE RECORDED: Escutia, Ortiz, Poochigian
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 72-7, 5/31/05 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Narcotic treatment programs: mobile service
units
SOURCE : City and County of San Francisco
DIGEST : This bill requires the California Department of
Alcohol and Drug Programs to create a licensing category
for mobile narcotic treatment programs.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
CONTINUED
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1.Establishes California Department of Alcohol and Drug
Programs (DADP) and grants them sole authority in state
government to license adult alcoholism or drug abuse
recovery or treatment facilities.
2.Authorizes that the controlled substances methadone and
levoalphacetylmethadol (LAAM) are authorized for use in
replacement narcotic therapy by licensed narcotic
treatment programs.
3.Prohibits a licensee from operating an alcoholism or drug
abuse recovery or treatment facility beyond the
conditions and limitations specified on the license.
4.Authorizes the director to grant exceptions to the
licensing regulations for pilot and demonstration
projects.
5.Establishes the drug Medi-Cal program administered by
DADP to provide defined modes of treatment for low-income
persons with a drug or alcohol abuse problem.
This bill:
1.Requires DADP to establish a program for the operation
and regulation of mobile narcotic treatment programs
(MNTP).
2.Requires a MNTP to meet one of the following conditions:
A. Hold a primary narcotic treatment program license.
B. Be affiliated and associated with a primary
licensed narcotic treatment program. In this case,
the MNTP will not be required to have a license
separate from its affiliated primary licensed narcotic
treatment program.
3.Provides additional criteria that DADP shall use in
approving a MNTP that is affiliated with a licensed
narcotic treatment program, including eligible patients,
capacity limitation, use of federal Food and Drug
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Administration approved treatment and security protocols
to prevent diversion of medication.
4.Requires DADP, in considering a MNTP application, to
independently weigh the treatment needs and concerns of
the county, city, or areas to be served by the program.
5.Specifies that nothing in this bill is intended to expand
the scope of the practice of pharmacy.
6.Requires the MNTPs to be located at predetermined sites
approved by DADP.
7.Sunsets on January 1, 2010.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (unable to verify)
City and County of San Francisco (source)
California Medical Association
California Opioid Maintenance Providers
Drug Policy Alliance Network
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : The source, the City and County of
San Francisco points out that at $13 per day, methadone
treatment is a cost-effective alternative to incarceration
or hospitalization. Some studies indicate that savings
accrue at a rate of $7 in the future to every $1 spent on
addiction treatment in the present.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Aghazarian, Baca, Bass, Benoit, Berg, Bermudez,
Bogh, Calderon, Canciamilla, Chan, Chavez, Chu, Cogdill,
Cohn, Coto, Daucher, De La Torre, DeVore, Dymally,
Emmerson, Evans, Frommer, Garcia, Goldberg, Hancock,
Harman, Jerome Horton, Shirley Horton, Houston, Huff,
Jones, Karnette, Keene, Klehs, Koretz, La Malfa, Laird,
Leno, Leslie, Levine, Lieber, Liu, Matthews, McCarthy,
Montanez, Mullin, Nakanishi, Nation, Nava, Negrete
McLeod, Niello, Oropeza, Parra, Pavley, Plescia, Richman,
Ridley-Thomas, Sharon Runner, Ruskin, Saldana, Salinas,
Strickland, Torrico, Tran, Umberg, Vargas, Villines,
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Walters, Wolk, Wyland, Yee, Nunez
NOES: Arambula, Blakeslee, Haynes, La Suer, Maze,
Mountjoy, Spitzer
NO VOTE RECORDED: Gordon
CTW:nl 8/29/06 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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