California Ethical Treatment for Persons with Substance Use Disorder Act.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of adult alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities by the State Department of Health Care Services and authorizes the department to enforce those provisions. Existing law also requires the department to implement a program certification procedure for alcohol and other drug treatment recovery services. Existing law generally prohibits specified persons, programs, or entities, such as an alcoholism or drug abuse treatment facility or a person employed by, or working for, an alcohol or other drug program, from giving or receiving anything of value for the referral of a person who is seeking alcoholism or drug abuse recovery and treatment services, and authorizes the department to investigate allegations of violations of those provisions, and to assess various penalties upon a person, program, or entity that is found in violation of those provisions. Existing law requires all programs licensed or certified by the department pursuant to those provisions to disclose any ownership or control of, or financial interest in, a recovery residence, as defined.
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SB 349
California SB 349 (20212022)
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California Ethical Treatment for Persons with Substance Use Disorder Act.
California SB 349 (20212022) — California Ethical Treatment for Persons with Substance Use Disorder Act.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of adult alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities by the State Department of Health Care Services and authorizes the department to enforce those provisions. Existing law also requires the department to implement a program certification procedure for alcohol and other drug treatment recovery services. Existing law generally prohibits specified persons, programs, or entities, such as an alcoholism or drug abuse treatment facility or a person employed by, or working for, an alcohol or other drug program, from giving or receiving anything of value for the referral of a person who is seeking alcoholism or drug abuse recovery and treatment services, and authorizes the department to investigate allegations of violations of those provisions, and to assess various penalties upon a person, program, or entity that is found in violation of those provisions. Existing law requires all programs licensed or certified by the department pursuant to those provisions to disclose any ownership or control of, or financial interest in, a recovery residence, as defined.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 10–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
SB 349 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris — 65–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB349 Umberg et al. Concurrence — 35–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Umberg — primary (person)
Davies — coauthor (person)
Kalra — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-02-09 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2021-02-10 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
2021-02-17 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
2021-02-22 Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
2021-03-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-03-09 Set for hearing March 17.
2021-03-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 533.) (March 17). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-03-23 Set for hearing April 6.
2021-04-07 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 686.) (April 6). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-04-08 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-04-21 Set for hearing May 3.
2021-05-04 May 3 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1188.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1277.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2021-06-03 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
2021-06-22 June 22 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2021-06-28 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-07-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-07-08 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2021-07-13 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (July 13). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-07-14 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-09-07 Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Reyes.
2022-01-31 Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Petrie-Norris.
2022-02-01 From inactive file.
2022-02-01 Ordered to third reading.
2022-02-22 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-02-22 Ordered to third reading.
2022-03-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 4045.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-03-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-04-04 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3303.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-04-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2022-04-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-04-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 15, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dd48c722-246d-4668-93da-6627bcf457df. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).