[§321-192.5]  Substance abuse treatmentmonitoring program.  (a)  To determine the effectiveness of substance abusetreatment services and maintain accurate numbers of individuals receivingpublicly funded substance abuse treatment, the department shall establish astatewide substance abuse treatment monitoring program to collect the followinginformation from all treatment providers accredited by the department, pursuantto section 321-198, on every individual who receives substance abuse treatmentpaid by public funds.  Treatment providers shall report admission and dischargedata, as determined by the department, with a final annual report due no laterthan sixty days after the close of the fiscal year, which shall include:

(1)  An accurate count of all admissions anddischarges during the reporting period;

(2)  An unduplicated count of individuals served byeach treatment provider;

(3)  Demographic data on each individual as determinedby the department, which may include age, race, ethnicity, employment status,source of payment, source of referral to treatment, length of treatment, andthe primary substance for which treatment was sought;

(4)  Data on the number of individuals who weredischarged due to successful completion of treatment and the reasonsindividuals withdrew from treatment during the reporting period;

(5)  Six-month follow-up data on persons who weredischarged due to successful completion of treatment, reporting on criteria formeasurement of successful treatment as determined by the department; and

(6)  Any other information deemed relevant by thedepartment to assess the effectiveness of treatment on each individual.

(b)  The department shall establish criteria tomeasure the success of treatment for individuals and establish criteria todetermine whether the treatment provider is achieving success in treatingindividuals with substance abuse.  The department shall include in the contractwith the treatment provider all criteria to determine whether the treatmentprovider is achieving success in treating individuals with substance abuse.

(c)  The department shall include theinformation under subsection (a) as part of the annual report to thelegislature under section 321-195.

(d)  This section shall not be construed toabrogate an individual's right to privacy.  The department shall implementsufficient protections to ensure that the identity of a recipient of substanceabuse treatment services remains strictly confidential and that aggregate datacollected pursuant to this section is used solely for the purpose of thissection. [L 2004, c 40, §24]