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Committee hears SB 43 to regulate addiction referral agencies and curb so‑called patient brokering
Summary
SB 43 would require transparency and financial disclosures for referral agencies that direct people to substance‑use‑disorder treatment and sober living, a measure supporters say will curb patient brokering and trafficking of people into unregulated facilities.
Senator Umberg (presenting) opened discussion on SB 43, legislation designed to strengthen oversight of addiction referral agencies and curb patient brokering practices that have trafficked vulnerable people into unlicensed or unregulated sober living homes and treatment programs.
Sherry Daley of the California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals said referral registries and online directories sometimes use…
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