CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2967Introduced by Assembly Member Quirk-SilvaFebruary 16, 2018 An act relating to domestic violence.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2967, as introduced, Quirk-Silva. Domestic violence: batterers program.Existing law specifies that the terms of probation granted to a person who has been convicted of domestic violence are required to include, among other things, successful completion of a batterers program, as defined, or, if none is available, another appropriate counseling program designated by the court, for a period of not less than one year. For defendants who are chronic users or serious abusers of drugs or alcohol, existing law requires that standard components in the program include concurrent counseling for substance abuse and violent behavior, and, in appropriate cases, detoxification and abstinence from the abused substance.Existing law authorizes, in addition to, and not in lieu of, the batterers program, and unless prohibited by the referring court, the probation department or the court to make provisions for a defendant to use his or her resources to enroll in a chemical dependency program or to enter voluntarily a licensed chemical dependency recovery hospital or residential treatment program, as specified.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would remove the conflation of alcohol or substance abuse treatment with a batterers program.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would remove the conflation of alcohol or substance abuse treatment with a batterers program.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2967Introduced by Assembly Member Quirk-SilvaFebruary 16, 2018 An act relating to domestic violence.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2967, as introduced, Quirk-Silva. Domestic violence: batterers program.Existing law specifies that the terms of probation granted to a person who has been convicted of domestic violence are required to include, among other things, successful completion of a batterers program, as defined, or, if none is available, another appropriate counseling program designated by the court, for a period of not less than one year. For defendants who are chronic users or serious abusers of drugs or alcohol, existing law requires that standard components in the program include concurrent counseling for substance abuse and violent behavior, and, in appropriate cases, detoxification and abstinence from the abused substance.Existing law authorizes, in addition to, and not in lieu of, the batterers program, and unless prohibited by the referring court, the probation department or the court to make provisions for a defendant to use his or her resources to enroll in a chemical dependency program or to enter voluntarily a licensed chemical dependency recovery hospital or residential treatment program, as specified.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would remove the conflation of alcohol or substance abuse treatment with a batterers program.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 2967
Introduced by Assembly Member Quirk-SilvaFebruary 16, 2018
Introduced by Assembly Member Quirk-Silva
February 16, 2018
An act relating to domestic violence.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2967, as introduced, Quirk-Silva. Domestic violence: batterers program.
Existing law specifies that the terms of probation granted to a person who has been convicted of domestic violence are required to include, among other things, successful completion of a batterers program, as defined, or, if none is available, another appropriate counseling program designated by the court, for a period of not less than one year. For defendants who are chronic users or serious abusers of drugs or alcohol, existing law requires that standard components in the program include concurrent counseling for substance abuse and violent behavior, and, in appropriate cases, detoxification and abstinence from the abused substance.Existing law authorizes, in addition to, and not in lieu of, the batterers program, and unless prohibited by the referring court, the probation department or the court to make provisions for a defendant to use his or her resources to enroll in a chemical dependency program or to enter voluntarily a licensed chemical dependency recovery hospital or residential treatment program, as specified.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would remove the conflation of alcohol or substance abuse treatment with a batterers program.
Existing law specifies that the terms of probation granted to a person who has been convicted of domestic violence are required to include, among other things, successful completion of a batterers program, as defined, or, if none is available, another appropriate counseling program designated by the court, for a period of not less than one year. For defendants who are chronic users or serious abusers of drugs or alcohol, existing law requires that standard components in the program include concurrent counseling for substance abuse and violent behavior, and, in appropriate cases, detoxification and abstinence from the abused substance.
Existing law authorizes, in addition to, and not in lieu of, the batterers program, and unless prohibited by the referring court, the probation department or the court to make provisions for a defendant to use his or her resources to enroll in a chemical dependency program or to enter voluntarily a licensed chemical dependency recovery hospital or residential treatment program, as specified.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would remove the conflation of alcohol or substance abuse treatment with a batterers program.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would remove the conflation of alcohol or substance abuse treatment with a batterers program.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would remove the conflation of alcohol or substance abuse treatment with a batterers program.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would remove the conflation of alcohol or substance abuse treatment with a batterers program.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would remove the conflation of alcohol or substance abuse treatment with a batterers program.
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