BILL NUMBER: AB 2221	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Beall

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to amend Section 11834.02 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to alcoholism or drug abuse treatment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2221, as introduced, Beall. Substance abuse: treatment
facilities.
   Existing law provides for the licensure, certification, and
regulation of alcoholism or drug use recovery or treatment facilities
serving adults, administered by the State Department of Alcohol and
Drug Programs. These facilities are defined to mean any premises,
place, or building that provides 24-hour residential nonmedical
services to adults who are recovering from problems related to
alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug misuse or abuse, and who need
alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug recovery treatment or
detoxification services.
   This bill would revise the above-described definition to also
include any premises, place, or building that provides a program,
accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting organization, that
uses a multidisciplinary team to provide 24-hour residential medical
services that do not require a health facility license to adults who
are recovering from problems related to alcohol, drug, or alcohol and
drug misuse or abuse and who need alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug
recovery treatment or detoxification services.
   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 11834.02 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
   11834.02.  (a) As used in this chapter, "alcoholism or drug abuse
recovery or treatment facility" or "facility" means any premises,
place, or building that provides 24-hour residential nonmedical
services to adults who are recovering from problems related to
alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug misuse or abuse, and who need
alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug recovery treatment or
detoxification services.  As used in this chapter, "alcoholism or
drug abuse recovery or treatment facility" or "facility" also means
any premises, place, or building that provides a program, accredited
by a nationally recognized accrediting organization, that uses a
multidisciplinary team to provide 24-hour residential medical
services that   do not require a health facility license to
adults who are recovering from problems related to alcohol, drug, or
alcohol and drug misuse or abuse and who need alcohol, drug, or
alcohol and drug recovery treatment or detoxification services. 

   (b) As used in this chapter, "adults"  may 
include, but  is   are  not limited to, all
of the following:
   (1) Mothers over 18 years of age and their children.
   (2) Emancipated minors, which may include, but is not limited to,
mothers under 18 years of age and their children.
   (c) As used in this chapter, "emancipated minors" means persons
under 18 years of age who have acquired emancipation status pursuant
to Section 7002 of the Family Code.
   (d) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), an alcoholism or drug abuse
recovery or treatment facility may serve adolescents upon the
issuance of a waiver granted by the department pursuant to
regulations adopted under subdivision (c) of Section 11834.50.