California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB2562: Alcohol or other drug recovery and treatment programs and facilities: suicide prevention.
Status: Chaptered, September 27, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Sections 11832.8 and 11834.26 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health. public health Alcohol or other drug recovery and treatment programs and facilities: suicide prevention. Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to license and regulate adult alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facilities that provide residential nonmedical services, as specified, and further requires the department to certify and regulate alcohol or other drug programs, as specified…
From the chaptered text, September 27, 2026:
An act to amend Sections 11832.8 and 11834.26 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health. public health Alcohol or other drug recovery and treatment programs and facilities: suicide prevention. Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to license and regulate adult alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facilities that provide residential nonmedical services, as specified, and further requires the department to certify and regulate alcohol or other drug programs, as specified. Existing law requires a licensed facility to take specified actions, including to develop a plan to address when a resident relapses. Existing law requires a certified program to keep all policies and procedures in an operation manual. This bill would require a licensed facility to develop a suicide prevention plan. The bill would authorize the department to implement the above-described requirement by bulletin or all-county or all-provider letter, after stakeholder input, until regulations are promulgated. The bill would require the department to promulgate regulations to implement the requirement no later than January 1, 2031. The bill would require a certified program to include in its operation manual a suicide prevention plan. MAJORITY NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 11832.8 of the Health and Safety …