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Senate health panel backs timeline for DHCS probes of unlicensed sober-living homes
Summary
The Senate Health Committee voted unanimously to advance SB 490, which sets timelines for the Department of Health Care Services to investigate allegations against unlicensed sober-living homes and creates a pathway for local governments to assist if the department misses those deadlines.
The Senate Health Committee voted to advance SB 490, a bill that would require the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to open and complete investigations of alleged unlicensed sober-living facilities on a fixed timetable and allow local governments to step in if DHCS misses those deadlines.
Senator Hamburg, presenting SB 490, told the committee that a recent state audit found DHCS had not consistently investigated allegations of unlicensed facilities and in some cases failed to follow up after substantiating violations. "Per the recommendation of the state's auditors report, SB 490 institutes a timeline to initiate investigations of unlicensed facility allegations within 10 days,…
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