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SB-2015 Substance abuse.(1997-1998)

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Senate Bill No. 2015
CHAPTER 389

An act to add and repeal Section 11756.7 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to substance abuse.

[ Filed with Secretary of State  August 24, 1998. Approved by Governor  August 24, 1998. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 2015, Wright. Substance abuse.
Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal Drug Treatment Program, under which each county may contract with the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs to provide certain drug treatment services under the Medi-Cal program. If a county refuses to contract with the department for these services, the department is required to contract directly with certified providers in that county for the provision of these services.
This bill would require the department, in collaboration with the County Alcohol and Drug Program Administrators’ Association of California, to submit a report to the Legislature, by July 1, 1999, that will identify the key policy, program, and financial issues involved in a decision as to whether to adopt the medicaid rehabilitation option under the Medi-Cal Drug Treatment Program.
The bill would require the department, in partnership with the association, to collaborate with providers, constituency groups, and other interested parties to develop and test a comprehensive client-centered system of care, until October 31, 2001. The bill would require the department in partnership with the association, to prepare findings and recommendations and report to the Legislature by July 1, 2001.

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


SECTION 1.

 The State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs shall, in collaboration with the County Alcohol and Drug Program Administrators’ Association of California, seek input of providers, constituency groups, and other interested parties, and submit a report to the Legislature, by July 1, 1999, that will identify the key policy, program, and financial issues involved in a decision as to whether to adopt the medicaid rehabilitation option under the Medi-Cal Drug Treatment Program, provided for pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

SEC. 2.

 Section 11756.7 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

11756.7.
 (a)  The department shall, in partnership with the County Alcohol and Drug Program Administrators’ Association of California, collaborate with providers, constituency groups, and other interested parties, to develop and test a comprehensive, client-centered system of care that is outcome-based and addresses the devastating costs of substance abuse to individuals, families, and communities.
(b)  Key elements of the system of care may include:
(1)  Definition of services.
(2)  Automation of state, county, and provider data collection and capacity management system.
(3)  Quality assurance standards.
(4)  Assessment and outcome measures.
(c)  Involvement in the testing of the various system of care components shall be voluntary for counties and their contract providers. Providers within the selected counties that volunteer and are approved by the county alcohol and drug program administrator shall meet the criteria for application and participation and coordinate services through their county alcohol and drug program administrator. The department shall establish criteria, in partnership with the County Alcohol and Drug Program Administrators’ Association of California, and in consultation with providers, constituency groups, and other interested parties.
(d)  The department, in consultation with the County Alcohol and Drug Program Administrators’ Association of California, may establish terms and conditions, which may include, but need not be limited to, incentives for participation that establish alternate means to satisfy accountability, reporting, or other requirements otherwise required by this division.
(e)  The department shall commence planning and implementing the tests on or after January 1, 1999, with the counties that have volunteered to participate in the system of care. The department, in partnership with the County Alcohol and Drug Program Administrators’ Association of California, shall report annually to the Legislature during budget hearings as to the status of the tests.
(f)  The outcome of the tests shall include automation linkages for the state, counties, and providers, and recommendations for service system improvements.
(g)  Findings and recommendations shall be prepared by the department, in partnership with the County Alcohol and Drug Program Administrators’ Association of California, and reported to the Legislature by July 1, 2001.
(h)  The department shall seek federal funding to support the testing and evaluation of key system elements.
(i)  This section shall become inoperative on October 31, 2001, and shall be repealed on January 1, 2002, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before October 31, 2001, deletes or extends those dates.