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AB-424 • 2026

Alcohol and other drug programs: complaints.

Alcohol and other drug programs: complaints.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Davies
Last action
2025-10-03
Official status
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 261, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on what happens if the department fails to send a notice within 10 days or how it affects non-public complaints.

Complaints About Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs

This law requires the Department of Health Care Services to inform people who file complaints about alcohol or drug treatment facilities within 10 days that their complaint has been received, and again when the complaint is closed.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the State Department of Health Care Services to send a notice within 10 days to anyone who files a complaint against an alcohol or drug treatment facility.
  • Tells the person filing the complaint if the department found that the facility broke any rules when closing the complaint.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who file complaints against alcohol or drug treatment facilities
  • The State Department of Health Care Services

Terms To Know

Licensure
Getting a license to legally operate an alcohol or drug recovery facility.
Complaints
Reports made by people about problems with alcohol or drug treatment facilities.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if the department fails to send a notice within 10 days.
  • It is unclear how this law will affect complaints that are not from members of the public, such as those from other agencies.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-03 California Legislative Information

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 261, Statutes of 2025.

  2. 2025-10-03 California Legislative Information

    Approved by the Governor.

  3. 2025-09-11 California Legislative Information

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. 2025-09-04 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

  5. 2025-09-04 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2521.).

  6. 2025-09-02 California Legislative Information

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  7. 2025-08-29 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. 2025-08-29 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

  9. 2025-07-14 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  10. 2025-06-26 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  11. 2025-06-04 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  12. 2025-05-28 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  13. 2025-05-27 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1739.)

  14. 2025-05-22 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  15. 2025-05-21 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 21).

  16. 2025-05-14 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  17. 2025-04-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  18. 2025-03-20 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  19. 2025-03-19 California Legislative Information

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

  20. 2025-02-18 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  21. 2025-02-06 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.

  22. 2025-02-05 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 424, Davies.
Alcohol and other drug programs: complaints.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facilities serving adults by the State Department of Health Care Services, as prescribed. Existing law prohibits the operation, establishment, management, conduct, or maintenance of an alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facility to provide recovery, treatment, or detoxification services within this state without first obtaining a current valid license.
This bill would, when the department receives a complaint against a licensed alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facility, or a complaint alleging that a facility is unlawfully operating without a license, from a member of the public, require the department to provide, within
10 days of the date of the complaint, notice to the person filing the complaint that the complaint has been received and to provide, upon closing the complaint, notice to the person filing the complaint that the complaint has been closed and whether the department found the facility to be in violation of the provisions governing facility licensure and regulation.

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