§ 12-23-18-0.5 — Opioid treatment program; requirements for operation

Indiana § 12-23-18-0.5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 23: ADDICTION SERVICES
• Ch. 18: Opioid Treatment Diversion Control and Oversight

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5. (a) An opioid treatment program shall not
operate in Indiana unless the opioid treatment program meets the
following conditions:
(1) Is specifically approved and the opioid treatment facility is
certified by the division.
(2) Is in compliance with state and federal law.
(3) Provides treatment for opioid addiction using a drug approved
by the federal Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of
opioid addiction, including:
(A) opioid maintenance;
(B) detoxification;
(C) overdose reversal;
(D) relapse prevention; and
(E) long acting, nonaddictive medication assisted treatment
medications.
(4) Beginning July 1, 2017, is:
(A) enrolled:
(i) as a Medicaid provider under IC 12-15; and
(ii) as a healthy Indiana plan provider under IC 12-15-44.2;
or
(B) enrolled as an ordering, prescribing, or referring provider
in accordance with Section 6401 of the federal Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148), as amended
by the federal Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of
2010 (P.L. 111-152) and maintains a memorandum of
understanding with a community mental health center for the
purpose of ordering, prescribing, or referring treatments
covered by Medicaid and the healthy Indiana plan.
(b) Separate specific approval and certification under this chapter
is required for each location at which an opioid treatment program is
operated. If an opioid treatment program moves the opioid treatment
program's facility to another location, the opioid treatment program's
certification does not apply to the new location and certification for the
new location under this chapter is required.
(c) Each opioid treatment program that is enrolled as an ordering,
prescribing, or referring provider shall report to the office on an annual
basis the services provided to Indiana Medicaid patients. The report
must include the following:
(1) The number of Medicaid patients seen by the ordering,
prescribing, or referring provider.
(2) The services received by the provider's Medicaid patients,
including any drugs prescribed.
(3) The number of Medicaid patients referred to other providers.
(4) Any other provider types to which the Medicaid patients were
referred.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.116-2008, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.1-2009, SEC.108; P.L.8-2016, SEC.2.