California 2013-2014 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 973 — Narcotic treatment programs.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 484, Statutes of 2014.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 10, 2014. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 7 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to administer prevention, treatment, and recovery services for alcohol and drug abuse. Existing law requires the department to license the establishment of narcotic treatment programs in this state to use narcotic replacement therapy in the treatment of addicted persons whose addiction was acquired or supported by the use of a narcotic drug or drugs, not in compliance with a physician and surgeon's legal prescription. Existing law authorizes a program to admit a patient to narcotic maintenance or narcotic detoxification treatment 7 days after completion of a prior withdrawal treatment episode. This bill, instead, would authorize a program to admit a patient to narcotic maintenance or narcotic detoxification treatment at the discretion of the medical director and would require the program to assign a unique identifier to, and maintain an individual record of, each patient of the program. Existing law specifies the intent of the Legislature that self-administered dosage of the narcotic replacement only be provided when the patient is clearly adhering to the requirements of the program and where daily attendance at a clinic would be incompatible with gainful employment, education, and responsible homemaking. This bill, in addition, would authorize take-home doses to be provided to patients who are clearly adhering to the requirements of the program if daily attendance at a clinic would be incompatible with retirement or medical disability or if the program is closed on Sundays or holidays and providing a take-home dose is not contrary to federal laws and regulations. The bill would require a narcotic treatment program medical director to determine whether or not to dilute take-home doses. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 484, Statutes of 2014.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4604.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6123.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended. (Page 6029.)

  9. Ordered to third reading.

  10. From consent calendar.

  11. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  12. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 2).

  13. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  15. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  16. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  17. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3468.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  18. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  19. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  20. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3441.) (May 12).

  21. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  22. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3279.) (April 24).

  23. April 23 hearing rescheduled for April 24.

  24. Set for hearing April 23.

  25. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  26. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  27. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  28. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13.

  29. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Hernandez · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Hernandez

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB973 Hernandez Concurrence

Passed 34 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 32005
Democratic 2001
Total 34006
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huff — Yea
Leno — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wright — Not Voting
Cannella — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
De León — Not Voting
Hueso — Yea
Knight — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Correa — Yea
Lara — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Roth — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Torres — Yea
Walters — Not Voting
Wolk — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Evans — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Yee — Not Voting
Hancock — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

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SB 973 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By NESTANDE

Passed 77 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 70002
Democratic 4000
Republican 3000
Total 77002
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Linder — Yea
Logue — Yea
Mansoor — Yea
Mullin — Not Voting
Perea — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Campos — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Hall — Yea
Chau — Yea
Allen — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Holden — Yea
Medina — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Gray — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
Donnelly — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Fong — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Levine — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Williams — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Fox — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Gomez — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Do pass, to Consent Calendar.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15000
Republican 1000
Democratic 1000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Holden — Yea
Linder — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Campos — Yea
Donnelly — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Pan — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 16002
Democratic 1000
Total 17002
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (19)
Member Party Vote
Ammiano — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mansoor — Yea
Pan — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Wagner — Not Voting
Gomez — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Chávez — Not Voting
Nazarian — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea

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Special Consent #14

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34003
Democratic 2001
Total 36004
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Block — Yea
Huff — Yea
Knight — Yea
Lara — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Not Voting
Evans — Yea
Wright — Not Voting
Cannella — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Beall — Yea
Correa — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Torres — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Wyland — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Yee — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Hill — Yea
Walters — Yea
De León — Yea
Lara — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 973 do?
Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to administer prevention, treatment, and recovery services for alcohol and drug abuse. Existing law requires the department to license the establishment of narcotic treatment programs in this state to use narcotic replacement therapy in the treatment of addicted persons whose addiction was acquired or supported by the use of a narcotic drug or drugs, not in compliance with a physician and surgeon's legal prescription. Existing law authorizes a program to admit a patient to narcotic maintenance or narcotic detoxification treatment 7 days after completion of a prior withdrawal treatment episode. This bill, instead, would authorize a program to admit a patient to narcotic maintenance or narcotic detoxification treatment at the discretion of the medical director and would require the program to assign a unique identifier to, and maintain an individual record of, each patient of the program. Existing law specifies the intent of the Legislature that self-administered dosage of the narcotic replacement only be provided when the patient is clearly adhering to the requirements of the program and where daily attendance at a clinic would be incompatible with gainful employment, education, and responsible homemaking. This bill, in addition, would authorize take-home doses to be provided to patients who are clearly adhering to the requirements of the program if daily attendance at a clinic would be incompatible with retirement or medical disability or if the program is closed on Sundays or holidays and providing a take-home dose is not contrary to federal laws and regulations. The bill would require a narcotic treatment program medical director to determine whether or not to dilute take-home doses. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
Who sponsors SB 973?
SB 973 is sponsored by Hernandez.
What is the current status of SB 973?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 10, 2014. Enacted.
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