[§352D-4.5]  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 office shall comply with therequirements of the statewide substance abuse treatment monitoring programestablished by the department of health under section 321-192.5.  The officeshall collect data in accordance with section 321-192.5 from any provider ofsubstance abuse treatment that provides substance abuse treatment to youthsserved through public funds administered by the office.

(b)  The office shall include in the contractwith any treatment provider all criteria established by the department ofhealth pursuant to section 321-192.5 to determine whether the treatmentprovider is achieving success in treating individuals with substance abuse.

(c)  The office shall include the informationcollected under subsection (a) as part of the annual report submitted pursuantto section 352D-6.

(d)  This section shall not be construed toabrogate an individual's right to privacy.  The office 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, §25]