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AB-423 • 2026

Alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment programs and facilities: disclosures.

Alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment programs and facilities: disclosures.

Housing
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Davies
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on the enforcement mechanisms or funding for implementing the new requirements.

Rules for Alcohol and Drug Recovery Programs

This law requires alcohol and drug recovery programs to create plans that help patients return home safely after treatment and sets rules for businesses running recovery homes.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the State Department of Health Care Services to make rules about how recovery programs should plan for when a patient leaves treatment.
  • Needs businesses that run recovery homes to tell the department where they are located.
  • Defines a 'business-operated recovery residence' as a place where people pay for more than just housing, like drug testing or meal coordination.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Alcohol and drug treatment programs
  • Businesses that run recovery homes

Terms To Know

Recovery Residence
A place where people who are trying to stop using drugs or alcohol live together in a supportive environment.
Discharge and Continuing Care Planning
Plans made by treatment programs to help patients adjust back into their communities after leaving the program.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if a business-operated recovery residence fails to register with the department.
  • It is unclear how these new rules will be enforced or monitored by the State Department of Health Care Services.
  • There are no details on funding for implementing and enforcing these requirements.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

  2. 2026-01-31 California Legislative Information

    Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.

  3. 2025-04-03 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  4. 2025-04-02 California Legislative Information

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

  5. 2025-02-18 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  6. 2025-02-06 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.

  7. 2025-02-05 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 423, as amended, Davies.
Alcohol and drug recovery or treatment facilities: discharge and continuing care planning.
Alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment programs and facilities: disclosures.
Existing law grants the sole authority in state government to the State Department of Health Care Services to certify alcohol or other drug programs and to license adult alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities. Existing law requires certified programs and licensed facilities to disclose to the department if any of its agents, partners, directors, officers, or owners own or have a financial interest in a recovery residence and whether it has contractual relationships with entities that provide recovery services to clients of certified programs or licensed facilities if the entity is not a part of a certified program or a licensed facility. Existing law defines “recovery residence” as a residential dwelling that provides primary housing for individuals who seek a cooperative living
arrangement that supports personal recovery from a substance use disorder and that does not require licensure by the department or does not provide licensable services.
This bill would require a business-operated recovery residence to register its location with the department. The bill would define a business-operated recovery residence as a recovery residence in which a business, in exchange for compensation, provides more than one service beyond those of a typical tenancy arrangement to more than one occupant, including, but not limited to, drug testing, supervision, scheduling, rule setting, rule enforcement, room assignment, entertainment, gym memberships, transportation, laundry, or meal preparation and coordination.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of adult alcoholism or drug abuse recovery and treatment facilities by the State Department of Health Care Services. Existing law requires a licensee to provide recovery, treatment, or detoxification services. Existing law authorizes the department to adopt regulations requiring records and procedures that are appropriate for each of those services, including, among others, discharge and continuing care planning.
This bill would instead require the department to adopt regulations requiring discharge and continuing care planning that are appropriate for each of the aforementioned services. The bill would require the department to adopt regulations requiring a licensee to, among other things, develop a plan to help the patient return to their home community at the conclusion of treatment,
as specified, and schedule for the patient a follow-up meeting with a mental health or substance use disorder professional to occur no more than 7 days after discharge.

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