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AB-2562 • 2026

Alcohol or other drug recovery and treatment programs and facilities: suicide prevention.

Alcohol or other drug recovery and treatment programs and facilities: suicide prevention.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Dixon
Last action
2026-04-15
Official status
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details about interim guidelines issued by the Department of Health Care Services before regulations are finalized.

Suicide Prevention in Alcohol and Drug Recovery Programs

The bill requires alcohol or other drug recovery facilities to develop suicide prevention plans and mandates the Department of Health Care Services to create regulations for these plans by January 1, 2031.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires licensed alcohol or drug treatment facilities to make a plan to prevent suicides.
  • Mandates that certified programs include their suicide prevention plans in their operation manuals.
  • Requires the Department of Health Care Services to create regulations for these plans by January 1, 2031.

Who It Names or Affects

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

Terms To Know

Suicide prevention plan
A strategy that helps prevent suicides in alcohol or other drug treatment programs.
Operation manual
A document containing all the policies and procedures of a certified program.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if facilities do not follow the suicide prevention requirements.
  • It is unclear how much funding will be provided for implementing these plans.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-15 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  2. 2026-03-17 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  3. 2026-03-16 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.

  4. 2026-03-16 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  5. 2026-02-21 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  6. 2026-02-20 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2562, as amended, Dixon.
Alcohol
and drug recovery and treatment facilities.
or other drug recovery and treatment programs and facilities: suicide prevention.
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 or other drug programs, as specified. Existing law requires a licensed facility to take specified actions, including to develop a plan to address when a resident relapses. Existing law requires a certified program to keep all policies and procedures in an operation manual.
This bill would require a licensed facility to develop a suicide prevention plan. The bill would authorize the department to implement the above-described requirement by bulletin or all-county or all-provider letter,
after stakeholder input, until regulations are promulgated. The bill would require the department to promulgate regulations to implement the requirement no later than January 1, 2031. The bill would require a certified program to include in its operation manual a suicide prevention plan.
Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to license and regulate alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facilities. Existing law authorizes the suspension or revocation of a facility’s license upon specified grounds. Under existing law, a suspended license may be reinstated if the licensee petitions for reinstatement after at least one year has elapsed from the suspension or the denial of a similar petition.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision.

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