Alcohol and drug abuse treatment services.

Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to license and regulate alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities serving adults. Existing law restricts a licensee from operating an alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facility beyond the conditions and limitations specified on the license and requires all services offered or provided by the licensee to be provided exclusively within either the licensed facility or any facility identified on a single license by street address. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions punishable by a civil penalty of not less than $250 or more than $500 per day for each violation, with additional penalties for repeat violations, as specified. Under existing law, the department is required to implement a program certification procedure for alcohol and other drug treatment recovery services, which includes standards and regulations for the alcohol and other drug treatment recovery services describing the minimal level of service quality required of the service providers to qualify for and obtain state certification. This bill would further authorize licensed services to be provided, upon approval by the department, in an outpatient facility owned and operated by the licensee as a part of an outpatient program certified by the department, if specified conditions are met.