Butte County Dept of Behav Health - (BCDBH)/Chico Stepping Stones

They offer outpatient and telemedicine. Which one fits is usually decided by how much structure the first few weeks need, and Chico has 7 other centers within 14 miles.

They do not detox, and nothing inside 14 miles of Chico does either. Ask them where they send people, because a place without one usually has somewhere it refers to.

There are 7 more within a short drive of Chico, so this does not have to be the only call you make.

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone, which means the medication side is handled here rather than referred out to somewhere else in Chico.

They treat both. Depression and anxiety alongside a substance are common rather than unusual, and one place handling the two together beats two handling one each. Chico has 7 other centers if this one cannot.

Prescriptions are usually kept going, and changing one is a decision for a prescriber rather than a policy. A prescribed benzodiazepine or opioid painkiller is the usual complication, and it needs a plan rather than a rule. Bring the containers with the labels on, not a bag of loose pills.

Inpatient is the higher level of care, and higher is not automatically better for everyone. Where someone is using in the house, or on the route home, outpatient care is working against the current. Ask for an assessment rather than a recommendation, then ask what the assessment found.

Coverage is common, and partial coverage is more common than the full amount. Deductibles reset each year, so the timing of an admission changes the number. Ask what the appeal process is before you need it.