Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, under the oversight of the Undersecretary of Health Care Services, to establish a 3-year pilot program at one or more institutions that will provide a medically assisted substance use disorder treatment model for treatment of inmates with a history of substance use problems. Existing law requires the department, in establishing the program, to consider specified treatment components, including, among others, access to medication-assisted treatment throughout the period of incarceration up to and including immediately prior to release.
California AB 653 (20212022) — Medication-Assisted Treatment Grant Program.
Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, under the oversight of the Undersecretary of Health Care Services, to establish a 3-year pilot program at one or more institutions that will provide a medically assisted substance use disorder treatment model for treatment of inmates with a history of substance use problems. Existing law requires the department, in establishing the program, to consider specified treatment components, including, among others, access to medication-assisted treatment throughout the period of incarceration up to and including immediately prior to release.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 653 Waldron Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent AB653 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
AB 653 Waldron Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Waldron — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2021-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
2021-02-25 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2021-03-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-04-05 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2021-04-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-04-21 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1607.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2021-06-09 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2021-06-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1721.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-07-15 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2021-08-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2021-08-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-09-03 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2489.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2021-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3006.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2021-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 745, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/885af575-6b71-4dbe-8109-1be7bb238a65. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).