January 4, 2006, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health.
Introduced
Second Regular Session 114th General Assembly (2006)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1023
A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning human services.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: ; (06)IN1023.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. P.L.28-2004, SECTION 191, IS AMENDED TO
READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: SECTION
191. (a) As used in this SECTION, "division" refers to the division of
mental health and addiction.
(b) Except as provided in
subsection (c) subsections (c) and (d),
and notwithstanding IC 12-23-1-6(4), IC 12-23-14-7, and 440
IAC 4.4-2-1(e), the division may not grant specific approval to be a
new provider of any of the following:
(1) Methadone.
(2) Levo-alphacetylmethadol.
(3) Levo-alpha-acetylmethadol.
(4) Levomethadyl acetate.
(5) LAAM.
(6) Buprenorphine.
(c) The division may not grant specific approval to be a new
provider of one (1) or more of the drugs listed under subsection (b)
unless:
(1) the drugs will be provided in a county with a population of
more than forty thousand (40,000);
(2) there are no other providers located in the county or in a
county contiguous to the county where the provider will provide
the drugs; and
(3) the provider supplies, in writing:
(A) a needs assessment for Indiana citizens under guidelines
established by the division; and
(B) any other information required by the division.
(d) Notwithstanding subsection (c), the division may grant
specific approval to be a new provider of one (1) or more of the
drugs listed under subsection (b) in a county contiguous to a county
in which an existing provider is located if:
(1) the drugs will be provided in a county with a population of
more than forty thousand (40,000);
(2) there are no other providers of the drugs listed under
subsection (b) in the county in which the provider is seeking
approval; and
(3) the provider supplies, in writing:
(A) a needs assessment for Indiana citizens under
guidelines established by the division that demonstrates
that:
(i) a heroin or an opiate problem exists in the county in
which the provider is seeking approval; and
(ii) a need exists for a heroin or an opiate treatment
program in the county; and
(B) any other information required by the division.
(d) (e) Except as provided in subsection (k), (l), the division shall
prepare a report by June 30 of each year concerning treatment offered
by methadone providers that contains the following information:
(1) The number of methadone providers in the state.
(2) The number of patients on methadone during the previous
year.
(3) The length of time each patient received methadone and the
average length of time all patients received methadone.
(4) The cost of each patient's methadone treatment and the
average cost of methadone treatment.
(5) The rehabilitation rate of patients who have undergone
methadone treatment.
(6) The number of patients who have become addicted to
methadone.
(7) The number of patients who have been rehabilitated and are
no longer on methadone.
(8) The number of individuals, by geographic area, who are on a
waiting list to receive methadone.
(9) Patient information as reported to a central registry created by
the division.
(e) (f) Each methadone provider in the state shall provide
information requested by the division for the report under subsection
(d). (e). The information provided to the division may not reveal the
specific identity of a patient.
(f) (g) The information provided to the division under subsection
(e)
(f) must be based on a calendar year.
(g) (h) The information required under subsection
(e) (f) for
calendar year 1998 must be submitted to the division not later than
June 30, 1999. Subsequent information must be submitted to the
division not later than:
(1) February 29, 2004, for calendar year 2003;
(2) February 28, 2005, for calendar year 2004;
(3) February 28, 2006, for calendar year 2005;
(4) February 28, 2007, for calendar year 2006; and
(5) February 29, 2008, for calendar year 2007.
(h) (i) Failure of a certified provider to submit the information
required under subsection
(e) (f) may result in suspension or
termination of the provider's certification.
(i) (j) The division shall report to the governor and the legislative
council the failure of a certified provider to provide information
required by subsection
(e). (f).
(j) (k) The division shall distribute the report prepared under
subsection
(d) (e) to the governor and legislative council.
(k) (l) The first report the division is required to prepare under
subsection
(d) (e) is due not later than September 30, 1999.
(l) (m) The division shall establish a central registry to receive the
information required by subsection
(d)(9). (e)(9).
(m) (n) A report distributed under this SECTION to the legislative
council must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
(n) (o) This SECTION expires July 1, 2008.