--- type: "Bill" title: "Chemical dependency recovery hospitals." description: "Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation by the State Department of Public Health of certain health facilities, including a chemical dependency recovery hospital, which is defined to mean a health facility that provides 24-hour inpatient care for persons who have a dependency on alcohol or other drugs, or both alcohol and other drugs. Existing law authorizes chemical dependency recovery services to be provided as a supplemental service in existing general acute care beds and acute psychiatric beds in a distinct part of a general acute care hospital or acute psychiatric hospital or in existing beds in a distinct part of a freestanding facility, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20212022" identifier: "AB 2096" citation: "California AB 2096 (20212022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Chemical dependency recovery hospitals."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"] version_count: 6 action_count: 21 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2022-02-14" last_action: "2022-09-02" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d12ce01-608d-43e0-aae5-cd24bd37182b" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2096" source_hash: "86ee26e2fdb65b0af622420dae6b07ae2a33c0df0d7f3787752ef63a55f80e35" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"] --- # California AB 2096 (20212022) — Chemical dependency recovery hospitals. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation by the State Department of Public Health of certain health facilities, including a chemical dependency recovery hospital, which is defined to mean a health facility that provides 24-hour inpatient care for persons who have a dependency on alcohol or other drugs, or both alcohol and other drugs. Existing law authorizes chemical dependency recovery services to be provided as a supplemental service in existing general acute care beds and acute psychiatric beds in a distinct part of a general acute care hospital or acute psychiatric hospital or in existing beds in a distinct part of a freestanding facility, as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/14/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2096&version=20210AB209699INT) 2. **06/21/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2096&version=20210AB209698AMD) 3. **08/01/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2096&version=20210AB209697AMD) 4. **09/02/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2096&version=20210AB209695CHP) 5. **AB2096** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2096) 6. **08/19/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2096&version=20210AB209696ENR) ## Votes - AB 2096 Mullin Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · upper - AB 2096 Mullin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower - Consent Calendar AB2096 — **38–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Mullin — primary (person) - Becker — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2022-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2022-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17. - **2022-02-24** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2022-03-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2022-05-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4739.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2022-06-01** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2022-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2022-06-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2022-08-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2022-08-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2022-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-08-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4716.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-08-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2022-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5918.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2022-09-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2022-09-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 233, Statutes of 2022. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d12ce01-608d-43e0-aae5-cd24bd37182b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).