California Senate Bill SB253 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 253INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Lara FEBRUARY 13, 2013 An act to amend Section 11552 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to controlled substances. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 253, as introduced, Lara. Controlled substances: testing addiction. Existing law provides that in any case in which a person has been arrested for a criminal offense and is suspected of being addicted to a controlled substance, a law enforcement officer having custody of that person may, with the written consent of that person, request the city or county health officer, or physician appointed by the health officer, to administer to the arrested person a test to determine, by whatever means is available whether the arrested person is addicted to a controlled substance, and the health officer or physician may administer the test to the such arrested person. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 11552 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 11552. In any case in which a person has been arrested for a criminal offense and is suspected of being addicted to a controlled substance, a law enforcement officer having custody of  such   that  person may, with the written consent of  such   that  person, request the city or county health officer, or physician appointed by  such   the  health officer pursuant to Section 11551, to administer  a test  to the arrested person  a test  to determine, by whatever means is available whether the arrested person is addicted to a controlled substance, and  such   the  health officer or physician may administer  such   the  test to  such   the  arrested person.