1. To operate in this state, a certified community behavioral health clinic must be certified by the department. 2. The department shall adopt rules for the certification of community behavioral health clinics, including assessment of need in the proposed location. 3. The department may deny a request to become or revoke a certified community behavioral health clinic's certification based on failure to comply with the rules adopted by the department or deny a request to become a certified community behavioral health clinic based on the assessment of need determination.
50-06-42. Substance use disorder treatment voucher system. (Effective through June 30, 2026) 1. The department shall establish and administer, within the limits of legislative appropriations, a voucher system to address underserved areas and gaps in the state's substance abuse treatment system and to assist in the payment of addiction treatment services provided by licensed substance abuse treatment programs, excluding state-operated behavioral health clinics and hospital- or medical clinic-based programs for medical management of withdrawal. An out-of-state licensed substance abuse treatment program located within a bordering state may participate in the voucher program to serve an underserved area of this state pursuant to the rules adopted by the department. The department shall develop rules to include processes and requirements for an out-of-state provider to receive reimbursement only for outpatient and community-based services upon a provider completing an assessment of need and receiving approval from the department. 2. Services eligible for the voucher program include only those levels of care recognized by the American society of addiction medicine, with particular emphasis given to underserved areas and programs. The department shall ensure that a licensed substance abuse treatment program, hospital, and medical clinic program accepting vouchers collects and reports process and outcome measures. 3. The department shall develop requirements and provide training and technical assistance to a licensed substance abuse treatment program, hospital, and medical clinic program accepting vouchers. A licensed substance abuse treatment program, hospital, and medical clinic program accepting vouchers shall provide evidence-based services. 4. The department shall allocate funding appropriated for the substance use disorder treatment voucher as follows: a. No more than forty-five percent of the appropriated amount may be allocated for residential substance use disorder services administered by licensed substance abuse treatment programs with more than sixteen beds. b. The remaining appropriation must be allocated for residential programs with sixteen or fewer beds, nonresidential outpatient, and ancillary substance use disorder services administered by licensed substance abuse treatment programs. Substance use disorder treatment voucher system. (Effective after June 30, 2026) 1. The department shall establish and administer, within the limits of legislative appropriations, a voucher system to address underserved areas and gaps in the state's substance abuse treatment system and to assist in the payment of addiction treatment services and medical costs provided by licensed substance abuse treatment programs, excluding state-operated behavioral health clinics and hospital- or medical clinic-based programs for medical management of withdrawal. An out-of-state licensed substance abuse treatment program located within a bordering state may participate in
the voucher program to serve an underserved area of this state pursuant to the rules adopted by the department. The department shall develop rules to include processes and requirements for an out-of-state provider to receive reimbursement only for outpatient and community-based services upon a provider completing an assessment of need and receiving approval from the department. 2. Services eligible for the voucher program include only those levels of care recognized by the American society of addiction medicine, with particular emphasis given to underserved areas and programs. The department shall ensure that a licensed substance abuse treatment program, hospital, and medical clinic program accepting vouchers collects and reports process and outcome measures. 3. The department shall develop requirements and provide training and technical assistance to a licensed substance abuse treatment program, hospital, and medical clinic program accepting vouchers. A licensed substance abuse treatment program, hospital, and medical clinic program accepting vouchers shall provide evidence-based services. 4. The department shall allocate funding appropriated for the substance use disorder treatment voucher as follows: a. Except as provided in subdivisions c and d, no more than fifty percent of the appropriated amount may be allocated for residential substance use disorder services administered by licensed substance abuse treatment programs with more than sixteen beds. b. The remaining appropriation must be allocated for residential programs with sixteen or fewer beds, nonresidential outpatient, and ancillary substance use disorder services administered by licensed substance abuse treatment programs. c. The department, during the last quarter of the biennium, may reallocate projected unused funds that were allocated under subdivision b to residential facilities outlined in subdivision a. d. The department may reimburse a licensed substance abuse treatment program with more than sixteen beds the incurred direct medical costs of an eligible individual who does not have resources to cover the medical costs. The department may develop rules and may not exceed the total amount appropriated for medical cost reimbursement.
50-06-42.1. Substance use disorder treatment voucher system grants. (Expired effective July 1, 2027) 1. A licensed substance abuse treatment program, excluding state-operated behavioral health clinics and hospital or medical clinic-based programs for medical management of withdrawal, may apply for a competitive substance use disorder treatment voucher system grant. A licensed substance abuse treatment program is eligible for a one-time grant award. To receive a grant, a licensed substance abuse treatment program shall: a. Submit an application in the form and manner prescribed by the department; b. Enter a grant agreement with the department; c. Use grant funds for a licensed substance abuse treatment program with fewer than seventeen beds in an underserved area, as determined by the department, in the state's substance abuse treatment system; d. Use the grant funds to support the provision of substance use disorder treatment in underserved areas of the state's substance abuse treatment system; e. Provide and disclose information needed to comply with the department's data collection requirements; and f. Operate in compliance with grant requirements. 2. The department, within legislative appropriations, may distribute up to two grants under this section to licensed substance abuse treatment programs. 3. The department may recapture grant funds distributed to a licensed program found by the department to be out of compliance with the requirements established by the grant program, including ending or reducing the operation of the substance use disorder treatment services in the underserved area.
4. The department may not collect property, equipment, or supplies purchased with grant funds from the licensed substance abuse treatment program after successful completion of the terms of the grant. 5. The grant term must be for five years.
50-06-43. Task force on children's behavioral health - Membership - Duties - Reports to governor and legislative management. Repealed by S.L. 2019, ch. 394, § 5.