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.