CAADPE Applauds Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for Advancing Accountability on Jail Medication-Assisted Treatment Access, Urges Swift Action on Findings

PUBLISHED: March 12, 2026

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors,has advanced a motion that directly responds to urgent concerns about medication-assisted treatment (MAT) access, treatment delays, and substance use-related deaths in the Los Angeles County jail system.

Supervisor Hahn’s revised motion, introduced for the Board’s March 3 agenda, includes directives to evaluate the current MAT delivery process, assess how people in custody are identified for treatment, provide monthly MAT waitlist reporting to the Office of Inspector General, and develop recommendations in collaboration with the Department of Public Health’s Substance Abuse Prevention and Control division (SAPC) on reducing substance use-related deaths inside the jails.

These directives reflect and validate many of the concerns CAADPE and the California Coalition of Alcohol and Drug Associations (CADA) raised in their December 2025 statement calling on Los Angeles County Jails to end deadly cutbacks to SUD treatment. In that statement, CAADPE and CADA warned that people in custody were facing dangerous delays and called for immediate action to address waitlists, expand treatment access, and strengthen continuity of care.

Supervisor Hahn expressed gratitutude to CAADPE.  Robb Layne, Executive Director of CAADPE and Al Senella President of CAADPE and President and CEO of Tarzana Treatment Centers, expressed appreciation for important step forward but emphasized that reporting and review alone will not be enough to address the crisis.

CAADPE will continue monitoring the jails' response closely and urges leaders not to lose momentum.