Excerpted from OC Register:
State Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris, D-Laguna Beach, is spearheading a bipartisan group of Sacramento legislators pushing for more fundamental reform in California. She will reintroduce Jarrod’s Law, which would requiring outpatient centers, which are now completely unsupervised by the state, to be licensed and regulated by the Department of Health Care Services.
Gov. Gavin Newsom liked the big idea, but said in a veto message that “developing a new licensing scheme is a significant undertaking, and would require a significant departure from the bill as enrolled.”
Petrie-Norris is working on addressing those concerns. The bill is named to honor Wendy McEntyre ‘s son Jarrod, who in 2004 died of an overdose while in the care of a sober living home in the San Fernando Valley.