Substance abuse: adult recovery maintenance facilities.

Under existing law, the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs licenses adult alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities. Existing law permits a license to be issued to programs that meet criteria that include the filing of an application and an approved fire clearance. Existing law allows the department to issue a license to a facility wherein separate buildings or portions of a residential facility are integral components of a single alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facility and all of the components of the facility are managed by the same licensee if the applicant meets specified requirements. This bill would require the department to provide a specified notice to a city or county planning agency if the approval of a license would result in the licensure of a facility that has the same owner or manager as an existing facility that is within 300 feet of, and is operated as an integral component of, the proposed facility. The bill would authorize the department to, among other things, impose specified health and safety requirements or deny licensure based upon overconcentration of facilities or conditions of local need. The bill would enact procedures permitting the city or county to file objections to approval of the license.