Under existing law, the State Department of Health Care Services is responsible for administering prevention, treatment, and recovery services for alcohol and drug abuse. Existing law also provides for the certification and regulation of adult alcoholism or drug abuse recovery and treatment programs by the department and authorizes the department to enforce those provisions. Existing law requires the department's death investigation policy to be designed to ensure that a resident's death is addressed and investigated by the department in a timely manner, and requires specified procedures if a death occurs in a licensed facility, including requiring a written report related to the death that includes a description of the followup action that is planned to prevent a future death. Existing law requires that report to be submitted to the department within 7 calendar days of the event or incident.
California AB 1356 (20252026) — Alcohol and other drug programs.
Under existing law, the State Department of Health Care Services is responsible for administering prevention, treatment, and recovery services for alcohol and drug abuse. Existing law also provides for the certification and regulation of adult alcoholism or drug abuse recovery and treatment programs by the department and authorizes the department to enforce those provisions. Existing law requires the department's death investigation policy to be designed to ensure that a resident's death is addressed and investigated by the department in a timely manner, and requires specified procedures if a death occurs in a licensed facility, including requiring a written report related to the death that includes a description of the followup action that is planned to prevent a future death. Existing law requires that report to be submitted to the department within 7 calendar days of the event or incident.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Special Consent AB1356 Dixon By Jones — 40–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1356 Dixon Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 74–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred 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] — 16–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1356 Dixon Assembly Third Reading — 70–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Dixon — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
2025-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
2025-03-13 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2025-04-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 22). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2025-04-24 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2025-05-14 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-05-21 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 21). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1772.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-06-11 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2025-06-17 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
2025-06-26 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. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-07-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-07-14 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2025-08-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2025-08-29 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-09 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2931.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.