AB-2562 • 2026

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: 2026-06-10
Official status: Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Effective date: Not listed

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

AB 2562, as amended, Dixon.

What This Bill Does

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.

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Bill History

2026-06-10 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2026-06-01 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2026-05-28 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0.)
2026-05-18 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-14 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
2026-05-14 California Legislative Information
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5030.)
2026-05-13 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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.
2026-03-17 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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.
2026-03-16 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2026-02-21 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
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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