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2025 Regular Session Introduced by Sam Jenkins and 1 co-sponsor

Declares January as Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month in California to raise awareness of overdoses, promote safe nonopioid pain management, and flag oversight concerns.

Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate.
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Bill Summary · SCR 15

Summary — SCR 15 (Umberg): “Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month”

Type: Concurrent resolution
Introduced: January 17, 2025
Author: Senator Umberg (per Legislative Counsel’s Digest)
Status: Adopted by the Legislature; enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State on March 4, 2025 (Res. Chapter 16, Statutes of 2025)
Fiscal Committee: No

Purpose / Intent

SCR 15 proclaims January as “Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month” in California. The resolution raises awareness of the public‑health harms of drug overdose and the opioid crisis, affirms the importance of access to safe and effective pain management and alternative (nonopioid) therapies, and calls attention to concerns about the quality and oversight of certain treatment and sober‑living facilities.

Key findings and statements (selected)

  • Drug overdose is identified as the leading cause of accidental death in the United States.
  • Cites CDC definition of “drug overdose” as trauma resulting from excessive drug intake.
  • Notes that opioid addiction is driving a majority of accidental overdose deaths.
  • Presents recent statistics referenced in the text: 105,007 drug‑overdose deaths nationwide in 2023 and approximately 7,000 opioid‑related deaths in California in 2022.
  • Highlights the need to ensure patient access to safe, effective pain management and to support physicians in providing such care.
  • Emphasizes awareness of and access to nonopioid pharmacological options as an important part of combating the opioid crisis.
  • Raises concerns about the proliferation of sober living homes and substance use disorder treatment facilities (referencing issues in Southern California’s so‑called “Rehab Riviera”) and about regulatory oversight and quality of care.

Provisions

  • Officially declares January as “Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month” in California.
  • Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit copies of the resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.

Who is affected / impact

  • The resolution is symbolic and declaratory: it does not create new legal rights, duties, or funding.
  • Intended impact is awareness‑raising among the public, health care providers, treatment facilities, and policymakers about: overdose mortality, alternatives to opioid pain management, and concerns about oversight and quality in certain treatment and sober‑living settings.
  • May be used to support outreach, education, or policy discussions at state and local levels regarding treatment access, clinical practice, and facility regulation.

Procedural notes

  • Legislative actions in the provided record show committee referrals, unanimous adoptions/voice votes in legislative houses, and final enrollment and filing with the Secretary of State on March 4, 2025 (chaptered as a 2025 resolution).
  • As a concurrent resolution, SCR 15 expresses the Legislature’s position but does not carry the force of statutory law or appropriate state funds.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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