Substance use: treatment or residential data reporting., the official text

An act to add Chapter 7.45 (commencing with Section 11833.08) to Part 2 of Division 10.5 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to substance use programs.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

Existing law provides for the licensure of alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facilities, and the certification of alcohol or other drug programs, by the State Department of Health Care Services. Existing law requires the department to develop and maintain a centralized indicator data collection system that gathers and obtains information on the status of alcohol and other drug problems in the state, and requires the information to include, among other things, the number and characteristics of persons receiving recovery or treatment services from alcohol and other drug programs providing publicly funded services or services licensed by the state. Existing data collection systems developed by the department, known as the California Outcomes Measurement System Treatment and Drug and the Alcohol Treatment Access Report, collect data for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services and SUD treatment capacity from specified treatment providers.
This bill would require the above-described facilities and programs, commencing on January 1, 2028, to submit to the department certain data, including, treatment and outcome information and treatment availability information consistent with the requirements of the California Outcomes Measurement System Treatment and the Drug and the Alcohol Treatment Access Report. The bill would not apply to an entity that is contracted to provide Medi-Cal treatment services or contracted with the department, among others, and would clarify that these provisions do not impose additional or new reporting requirements on an entity that reports data to the department through the California Outcomes Measurement System Treatment and the Drug and Alcohol Treatment Access Report.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.
Chapter 7.45 (commencing with Section 11833.08) is added to Part 2 of Division 10.5 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:
7.45.
Treatment or Residential Data Reporting11833.08.
(a) This section applies to both of the following entities:
(1) An alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facility, licensed by the department pursuant to Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 11834.01).
(2) An alcohol or other drug program, certified by the department pursuant to Chapter 7.1 (commencing with Section 11832).
(b) Commencing on January 1, 2028, an entity listed in subdivision (a) shall submit to the department treatment and outcome information and treatment availability information consistent with the requirements of the California Outcomes Measurement System Treatment system and the Drug and Alcohol Treatment Access Report.
(c) Data submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be provided in a form and manner and in accordance with timelines prescribed by the department.
(d) (1) This section does not apply to an entity listed in subdivision (a) that is contracted to provide Medi-Cal treatment services or contracted with the department, a county behavioral health department, a county substance use disorder division for the provision of substance use disorder services, or that is otherwise required to submit data to a county through the California Outcome Measurement System Treatment system.
(2) This section does not impose additional or new reporting requirements on an entity listed in subdivision (a) that reports data to the department pursuant to the California Outcomes Measurement System Treatment system and the Drug and Alcohol Treatment Access Report.