"The audit found serious problems, including crazy long lag times for investigating urgent complaints (almost three months for high-priority situations, such as patient deaths) and more than a year for less dire complaints (meaning problems can fester and put patient safety at risk). It also found that when the state brought its weight to bear on unlicensed homes illegally providing services, regulators didn't always bother to venture out to see for themselves what was actually happening."
"Seems that dead bodies, overdoses and insurance fraud aren't quite enough to spur California to overhaul its private-pay addiction treatment system, but hats off to the legislators who keep trying, year after year after year. Actually, as of late, reformers in Sacramento seem to be gaining some traction, with four of 12 bills advancing and perhaps even landing on the governor's desk."
A state audit of the Department of Health Care Services uncovered major regulatory failures in non-medical addiction treatment oversight, including long investigation delays for urgent and less urgent complaints. Regulators sometimes failed to verify conditions at unlicensed homes or to ensure compliance after ordering operators to stop. Providers cluster many small recovery homes into large treatment campuses in residential neighborhoods, exposing neighbors to concentrated facilities. Reform efforts advanced this session with four of 12 bills moving forward, supported by the League of California Cities, while eight other reform bills remain stalled.
Read at www.ocregister.com
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