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CA AB2614
Bill
Status
2/20/2026
Primary Sponsor
Diane Dixon
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AI Summary
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Prohibits offering, paying, soliciting, or receiving commissions, bonuses, bribes, rebates, or other remuneration to induce patient referrals to residential treatment facilities or for accepting individuals into such facilities
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Bans split-fee arrangements related to patient referrals for addiction and behavioral health treatment
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Defines "residential treatment facility" broadly to include sober living homes, group homes, recovery residences, and residential care facilities—whether licensed or unlicensed—that provide housing connected to substance use disorder or behavioral health recovery
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Makes violations a misdemeanor, including for anyone who aids, abets, advises, or participates in prohibited conduct
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Known as the "Body Brokering and Patient Referral Integrity Act," targeting the practice of receiving payments for steering vulnerable patients to specific treatment facilities
Legislative Description
Public health: Body Brokering and Patient Referral Integrity Act.
Last Action
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
3/16/2026