Section 2060.100  Purpose

The purpose of this Part is to:

a)         Authorize establishment of a comprehensive and coordinated continuum of intervention and treatment services, sensitive to the needs of local communities, for persons with or at risk for substance use disorders (SUDs).

b)         Effectuate the role of the Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery, hereafter referred to as DHS/SUPR, as the federally-recognized Single State Authority with statutory mandates to plan, license, and regulate substance use disorder intervention and treatment organizations.

c)         Promote the availability of culturally-relevant, evidence-based, developmentally- appropriate, trauma-informed care and substance use disorder services through the implementation of standardized criteria that foster and support multiple pathways to recovery.

d)         Establish regulations for licensure of substance use disorder intervention and treatment organizations, including organizations focused on harm reduction and opioid use disorder treatment.

e)         Monitor and help enforce federal guidelines and regulations for the treatment of opioid use disorders and to serve as the lead agency for such treatment in cooperation with the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.