                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REVIEW OF STATE AGENCY SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAMS (§ 2.2-2697)

A. On or before December 1, 2005, the Council shall forward to the Governor and
the General Assembly a Comprehensive Interagency State Plan identifying for each
agency in state government (i) the substance abuse treatment program the agency
administers; (ii) the program&#8217;s objectives, including outcome measures for
each program objective; (iii) program actions to achieve the objectives; (iv)
the costs necessary to implement the program actions; and (v) an estimate of the
extent these programs have met demand for substance abuse treatment services in
the Commonwealth. The Council shall develop specific criteria for outcome data
collection for all affected agencies, including a comparison of the extent to
which the existing outcome measures address applicable federally mandated
outcome measures and an identification of common outcome measures across
agencies and programs. The plan shall also include an assessment of each
agency&#8217;s capacity to collect, analyze, and report the information required
by subsection B.

B. Beginning in 2006, the Comprehensive Interagency State Plan shall include the
following analysis for each agency-administered substance abuse treatment
program: (i) the amount of funding expended under the program for the prior
fiscal year; (ii) the number of individuals served by the program using that
funding; (iii) the extent to which program objectives have been accomplished as
reflected by an evaluation of outcome measures; (iv) identifying the most
effective substance abuse treatment, based on a combination of per person costs
and success in meeting program objectives; (v) how effectiveness could be
improved; (vi) an estimate of the cost effectiveness of these programs; and
(vii) recommendations on the funding of programs based on these analyses.

C. All agencies identified in the Comprehensive Interagency State Plan as
administering a substance abuse treatment program shall provide the information
and staff support necessary for the Council to complete the Plan. In addition,
any agency that captures outcome-related information concerning substance abuse
programs identified in subsection B shall make this information available for
analysis upon request.

HISTORY: 2004, c. 686, § 37.1-207.1; 2005, c. 716.