Substance use disorder treatment facilities and programs: disclosure of license and certification status.
Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to license and regulate alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities, which provide residential nonmedical services to adults who are recovering from problems related to alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug misuse or abuse, and who need alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug recovery treatment or detoxification services. Existing law also requires the department to implement a voluntary certification program for alcohol and other drug treatment recovery services. Existing law prohibits specified persons, programs, or entities from giving or receiving remuneration or anything of value for the referral of a person who is seeking alcoholism or drug abuse recovery and treatment services. Existing law authorizes the department to investigate allegations of violations of that prohibition and to impose sanctions for a violation, including assessing a penalty upon, or suspending or revoking the license of, a facility or the certification of a program.
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California Legislature
20212022
SB 541
California SB 541 (20212022)
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Substance use disorder treatment facilities and programs: disclosure of license and certification status.
California SB 541 (20212022) — Substance use disorder treatment facilities and programs: disclosure of license and certification status.
Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to license and regulate alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities, which provide residential nonmedical services to adults who are recovering from problems related to alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug misuse or abuse, and who need alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug recovery treatment or detoxification services. Existing law also requires the department to implement a voluntary certification program for alcohol and other drug treatment recovery services. Existing law prohibits specified persons, programs, or entities from giving or receiving remuneration or anything of value for the referral of a person who is seeking alcoholism or drug abuse recovery and treatment services. Existing law authorizes the department to investigate allegations of violations of that prohibition and to impose sanctions for a violation, including assessing a penalty upon, or suspending or revoking the license of, a facility or the certification of a program.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB541 Bates et al. Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (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
Consent Calendar SB541 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
SB 541 Bates Consent Calendar Second Day — 73–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Bates — primary (person)
Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
Wilk — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2021-02-19 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
2021-02-22 Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
2021-03-03 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2021-03-04 Set for hearing March 17.
2021-03-17 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 533.) (March 17). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-03-18 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 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2021-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1061.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-05-10 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2021-05-20 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2021-06-02 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
2021-06-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-08-19 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2524.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2021-09-01 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2277.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
2021-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 730, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/43ffe61a-35e6-493a-b4f5-58a110e20527. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).