AB 2335,
as amended, Mansoor. begin deleteEmergency Medical Services Authority. end deletebegin insertSober living homes.end insert
Under existing law, the State Department of Health Care Services is responsible for licensing and certifying alcoholism and drug abuse recovery and treatment programs and facilities, as defined, including both residential and nonresidential programs. Existing law requires a licensee to provide at least one nonmedical service, including, recovery services, treatment services, and detoxification services.
end insertbegin insertThis bill would define a sober living home or supportive housing as any independent, residential property that provides a transitional living environment for adults who are recovering from problems related to alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug misuse or abuse, as specified, and that satisfies certain requirements, including, that there be no more than 6 residents and that owners, managers, operators, and residents do not provide certain contractual medical services onsite. The bill would exempt a sober living home or supportive housing from licensure under the existing provisions that govern alcoholism and drug abuse recovery and treatment programs and facilities.
end insertExisting law establishes the Emergency Medical Services Authority. Existing law declares that by establishing the authority, it is the intent of the Legislature to provide a statewide system for emergency medical services and to make the authority responsible for the coordination and integration of all state activities concerning emergency medical services.
end deleteThis bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those intent provisions.
end deleteVote: majority.
Appropriation: no.
Fiscal committee: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert.
State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
begin insertSection 11834.19 is added to the end insertbegin insertHealth and
2Safety Codeend insertbegin insert, to read:end insert
(a) For purposes of this chapter, “sober living
4home” or “supportive housing” means any independent, residential
5property that provides a transitional living environment for adults
6who are recovering from problems related to alcohol, drug, or
7alcohol and drug misuse or abuse that does not require
8participation in alcohol or drug recovery treatment or
9detoxification services as a condition of tenancy, and that satisfies
10all of the following requirements:
11(1) There are no more than six residents living on the property.
12(2) Each resident holds a lease or rental agreement in his or
13her name and is responsible for paying his or her own rent.
14(3) Each resident has his or her own room or apartment and is
15individually responsible for coordinating any shared tenancy
16arrangement.
17(4) Owners, managers, operators, and residents do not provide
18any of the following contractual medical services onsite:
19(A) Recovery services.
20(B) Treatment services.
21(C) Detoxification services.
22(D) Routine home visits for medical checkups.
23(E) Diagnostic evaluation of medical and psychological
24problems.
25(F) Prescription and delivery of oral medication.
26(5) Owners, managers, operators, and residents ensure that the
27property and its use comply with applicable federal, state, and
28local laws.
P3 1(b) A sober living home or supportive housing is exempt from
2licensure under this chapter.
Section 1797.1 of the Health and Safety Code is
4amended to read:
The Legislature finds and declares that it is the intent
6of this act to provide the state with a statewide system for
7emergency medical services by establishing within the Health and
8Human Services Agency the Emergency Medical Services
9Authority, which is responsible for the coordination and integration
10of all state activities concerning emergency medical services.
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