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Addiction and Public Policy Resources
CSAM Introduces ER Screening Bill
Assembly Member Paul Krekorian has introduced ER Screening/Brief Intervention Bill sponsored by CSAM. This bill would require the of CA Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs to initiate and conduct a 2-year pilot project to demonstrate the efficacy and cost effectiveness of a specified early methamphetamine intervention model in identifying and diverting methamphetamine addicts. The bill would require an unspecified entity to collect and analyze data regarding the pilot project and provide a report as specified. Existing law authorizes a disability policy to provide that the insurer is not liable for any loss sustained or contracted in consequence of the insured's being intoxicated or under the influence of any controlled substance unless administered on the advice of a physician.
This bill also seeks to repeal the Uniform Accident and Sickness Policy Provision Law (UPPL) a relic of the 1950s that deterred screening in emergency rooms. This outdated law provided a loop-hole in which the insurer may not be liable for any loss sustained or contracted in consequence of the insured's being intoxicated or under the influence of any narcotic unless administered on the advice of a physician.
Text of AB 1461
Methamphetamine Resources
Proposition 36 and Treatment vs. Incarceration for Drug Abuse Resources
Substance Abuse Treatment Parity Resources
CSAM Supports Needle Exchange Programs and Pharmacy Sale of Syringes to Save Lives Without Increasing Drug Addiction
Methadone and the Treatment of Opiate Dependence
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