Substance abuse: adult recovery maintenance facilities.

Existing law provides for the licensure, certification, and regulation of alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities serving adults, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services. Existing law requires the department to grant certification to any alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment program requesting the certification. This bill would require the department to also administer the licensure and regulation of adult recovery maintenance facilities, as defined, and would require the department to adopt emergency regulations, applicable only to adult recovery maintenance facilities, to implement the fee process for initial licensure, and the provisions for the extension of licensure, followup compliance visits, and civil penalties. The bill would make conforming changes to related provisions.