This law establishes the California Rehabilitation Center and its branches under the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. These branches can be set up in various locations like existing correctional institutions, halfway houses, state institutions, and city or county correctional facilities, as long as they have treatment facilities available. Importantly, these branches should not lead to inferior conditions for state institution patients.

For branches within state hospitals or developmental services, approval is needed from respective directors. Since July 1, 2005, branches in juvenile facilities require the Secretary's direction. City or county facility branches need approval from city or county legislative bodies.

People confined in city or county branches must be housed separately from other prisoners and receive treatment comparable to that at the main California Rehabilitation Center.

The California Rehabilitation Center is mainly set up to handle people who are in the custody of the Department of Corrections and are either addicted to narcotics or at risk of becoming addicted. The center's focus is on their control, confinement, employment, education, treatment, and rehabilitation.

The Director of Corrections is responsible for acquiring, building, and outfitting appropriate buildings and facilities for the California Rehabilitation Center as required by law.

This section allows the Director of Corrections to establish rules and regulations for running the California Rehabilitation Center. These rules need to be shared in a way that regular people can understand them. The Director also has to make these rules available to the public. There are some special exceptions: the Director can decide when these rules come into effect, as long as it's more than 30 days after they are filed, and they must share them with interested parties at least 20 days before. Additionally, the Director can use a summary of a hearing officer's findings instead of the full details, but both the summary and any testimony must be kept on file for at least a year.

This law states that the California Rehabilitation Center will have a warden appointed according to the rules in the Penal Code. Additionally, the Director of Corrections is responsible for hiring other necessary staff, who must be employed under the civil service system.

This law assigns the Director of Corrections to oversee the California Rehabilitation Center. It includes managing the center and looking after the people confined there, covering aspects like their care, training, and treatment. The center is treated like a prison under the Department of Corrections, and relevant parts of the Penal Code apply to it and its inmates.

The Director of Corrections in California has the power to allow someone temporarily out of the California Rehabilitation Center or its branches, but usually with supervision. Typically, these temporary releases can't exceed three days unless it's for medical reasons. Additionally, the person might have to cover some or all of the related costs, except for medical expenses. More so, the director can decide if someone is suitable for assignment to conservation camp programs based on specific rules.

The Director of Corrections has the authority to set up and manage places called community correctional centers.

This law section states that the main goal of certain facilities is to offer housing, guidance, and correctional programs to people who have been sent to the Director of Corrections for rehabilitation.

Starting from July 1, 2005, the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is responsible for creating rules and regulations to manage community correctional centers effectively.

The Director of Corrections in California can move people from the California Rehabilitation Center to community correctional centers or allow them to be on outpatient status in these community centers. This means individuals may continue their rehabilitation in a community setting rather than being confined.

This law allows the Director of Corrections to give temporary leave or furloughs to individuals living in community correctional centers. These furloughs can be used for finding a job, continuing education or vocational training, or making plans for future employment and housing.

This law requires that the Departments of Finance and Corrections and Rehabilitation create and submit a detailed report on the state prison system, addressing decaying infrastructure, particularly at the California Rehabilitation Center. The report must accompany the Governor’s 2016–17 Budget and go to specific legislative committees.

The law also notes that, due to a lower prison population, more investment in building new prisons is not needed, and that the California Rehabilitation Center can be closed without affecting legal limits on inmate numbers.