Alcohol and other drug programs: consumer protection platform.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not specify exact details about how much funding is needed or where it will come from.

Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs: Consumer Protection Platform

This law requires alcohol and drug treatment facilities to join a public quality rating system designed by the State Department of Health Care Services, which helps protect consumers.

What This Bill Does

• Requires alcohol and drug treatment programs to participate in a public quality rating system set up by the state health department if there is enough funding available.
• Allows the health department to charge fees for joining this system if sufficient funds are secured.
• Prohibits the administrator of the platform from accepting payments from participating facilities.
• Gives the health department permission to check compliance with the quality rating system as part of their licensing process.
• Stops using participation in the quality rating system when deciding who gets contracts for public treatment services.

Who It Names or Affects

• Alcohol and drug treatment facilities
• The State Department of Health Care Services

Terms To Know

Quality Rating System

A system that rates how well alcohol and drug treatment programs are doing to help protect people who use these services.

Consumer Protection Platform

A platform designed by the state health department to ensure that alcohol and drug treatment facilities meet certain standards for quality and safety.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill only requires participation in the system if there is enough funding available.
• It does not specify how much money will be needed or where it will come from.
• Details about how the platform works are left up to the health department to decide.

Official Summary Text

AB 2343, as amended, Patel.
Alcohol and other drug programs:
quality rating system.
consumer protection platform.
Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to license and regulate adult alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facilities that provide residential nonmedical services, as specified, and further requires the department to certify and regulate alcohol and other drug programs, as specified.
This bill would require an alcohol or other drug treatment facility and an alcohol or other drug program to participate in a public
quality rating system
consumer protection platform
designated
or designed
by the department in order to
be licensed or certified. The bill would specify that participation in the public
quality rating system
consumer protection platform
pursuant to these provisions is only required if the department determines that sufficient funding has been appropriated or otherwise secured to cover the costs of participation in the platform. The bill would authorize the department to charge a reasonable fee to alcohol or other drug treatment facilities and alcohol or other drug programs required to enroll in the platform, as specified, and would prohibit the administrator of the public
quality rating system
consumer protection platform
from
accepting payment from the entities subject to these provisions. The bill would authorize the department to verify compliance with participation in the public
quality rating system
consumer protection platform
as part of the certification or licensing process.
The bill would prohibit participation in the consumer protection platform from being used as a criterion in evaluating bids, proposals, or contract performance for publicly funded substance use disorder treatment services.
The bill would authorize the department to implement, interpret, or make specific those provisions by means of provider bulletins, written guidelines, or similar instructions.

Current Bill Text

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