Moorlach - Track Record on Recovery Residences,
aka "Sober Living Homes"
State Senator John Moorlach (R - Laguna Beach/Orange) has served in the following positions
Treasurer-Tax Collector, Orange County (1994-2006?)
Supervisor, Orange County Board of Supervisors (2006-2015)
State Senator (2015-2020)
He is not a member of the bi-partisan Legislative Substance Abuse Treatment Working Group. Has not introduced or co-authored legislation in the last two years.
5/23/19 - Voted in favor of SB 325 (Hill), which later became AB 920, to require state licensing of commercial addiction treatment centers.
9/11/19 - Voted in favor of SB 445 (Portantino), which would repeal inoperative state law and create an advisory board to establish standards for "youth" addiction treatment up to age 26.
9/11/19 - Voted in favor of SB 589 (Bates), which would prohibit false claims and marketing by addiction treatment centers.
9/11/19 - Voted in favor of AB 919 (Petrie-Norris), which required Treatment Centers to have separate rental contracts for housing. This is one of four recovery related bills that have become law in the last four years, and the only one to become law in a non-election year.
9/13/19 - Voted in favor of AB 920 (Petrie-Norris), which in its final form was a bill to require state licensing of commercial addiction treatment centers.
11/26/19 - With State Sen. Pat Bates, sent a letter to the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Justice requesting a new Joint Statement on interactions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Act. The last time such was requested, DOJ and HUD released a 20 page rambling letter with no clear guidance.
8/28/20 - Voted in favor of AB 2265 (Quirk-Silva) which would require the counties to report numbers of people assessed for mental health and substance use disorders.
8/30/20 - Abstained from voting in favor or against SB 855 (Wiener), which would require insurance companies to pay bills for treatment even for those misdiagnosed and required payment of services based on "current practices" established by non-medical authorities. Current practices in rehab are less than scientific. Over this bill's life, it was tightened up, and it became less potentially damaging to addicts than originally written. We would have preferred the bill to die, but many legislators voted in favor of it, we believe, because it also cleared up some differences between federal and state law and ambiguities in state law around mental health insurance reimbursements.
Treasurer-Tax Collector, Orange County (1994-2006?)
Supervisor, Orange County Board of Supervisors (2006-2015)
State Senator (2015-2020)
He is not a member of the bi-partisan Legislative Substance Abuse Treatment Working Group. Has not introduced or co-authored legislation in the last two years.
5/23/19 - Voted in favor of SB 325 (Hill), which later became AB 920, to require state licensing of commercial addiction treatment centers.
9/11/19 - Voted in favor of SB 445 (Portantino), which would repeal inoperative state law and create an advisory board to establish standards for "youth" addiction treatment up to age 26.
9/11/19 - Voted in favor of SB 589 (Bates), which would prohibit false claims and marketing by addiction treatment centers.
9/11/19 - Voted in favor of AB 919 (Petrie-Norris), which required Treatment Centers to have separate rental contracts for housing. This is one of four recovery related bills that have become law in the last four years, and the only one to become law in a non-election year.
9/13/19 - Voted in favor of AB 920 (Petrie-Norris), which in its final form was a bill to require state licensing of commercial addiction treatment centers.
11/26/19 - With State Sen. Pat Bates, sent a letter to the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Justice requesting a new Joint Statement on interactions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Act. The last time such was requested, DOJ and HUD released a 20 page rambling letter with no clear guidance.
8/28/20 - Voted in favor of AB 2265 (Quirk-Silva) which would require the counties to report numbers of people assessed for mental health and substance use disorders.
8/30/20 - Abstained from voting in favor or against SB 855 (Wiener), which would require insurance companies to pay bills for treatment even for those misdiagnosed and required payment of services based on "current practices" established by non-medical authorities. Current practices in rehab are less than scientific. Over this bill's life, it was tightened up, and it became less potentially damaging to addicts than originally written. We would have preferred the bill to die, but many legislators voted in favor of it, we believe, because it also cleared up some differences between federal and state law and ambiguities in state law around mental health insurance reimbursements.