SECTIONS 11760.5-11760.6 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 11760.5-11760.6

11760.5. (a) The Legislature recognizes that alcohol and other drug
abuse should be viewed and treated as a health problem, as well as a
law enforcement problem. The alcohol and other drug abuse problem
has significant public impact and must, in addition to law
enforcement, be given community, education, social, and health
attention if prevention and amelioration is to be achieved. These
approaches should be coordinated into a multiagency and multifaceted
program for alcohol and other drug abuse control in the counties of
the state.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that community alcohol and
other drug abuse services shall be organized in the counties for
alcohol and other drug abusers through locally administered and
locally controlled community alcohol and other drug abuse programs.
The community alcohol and other drug abuse programs shall operate
under the principle that services are designed to be equally
accessible to all persons, including persons who because of
differences in language, cultural differences in language, cultural
traditions, or physical disabilities, confront barriers to knowing
about or to using the alcohol and other drug abuse services that are
offered.

11760.6. It is the intent of the Legislature that the department
encourage the development of high quality, cost-effective services.
It is further the intent of the Legislature that poor quality,
underutilized, duplicative, or marginal services be disapproved by
the county.