Licensed adult drug and alcohol treatment homes must have a suicide prevention plan
Licensed adult residential alcohol and drug recovery facilities must develop a suicide prevention plan, and certified alcohol and drug programs must add one to their operations manual. The state may enforce this through letters until it writes regulations.
Who it affects
Licensed adult alcohol and drug recovery facilities and certified programs
When
This law takes effect on January 1, 2027. California laws take effect on January 1 of the year after they are signed, unless the law says otherwise.
- : Signed into law
- : This law takes effect
- : State deadline to adopt regulations on suicide prevention plans
Official text
California AB 2562: Alcohol or other drug recovery and treatment programs and facilities: suicide prevention.
On California Legislative Information. The official text is what counts; read it before you act.
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