New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 10A - CORRECTIONS › Chapter 24 - SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT PROGRAMS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 10A:24-1.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Ancillary services" means those supplementary programs that include initiatives to address the social service needs specific to inmates who are identified as having substance use disorders. Examples of such ancillary services include, but are not limited to, employment, parenting, housing and other agency and governmental assistance programs.
"Assessment and Treatment Center" means a Residential Community Release Agreement Program that provides eligible inmates with a comprehensive assessment of their needs and risks, an orientation to a treatment regimen, and a referral to a halfway house, substance use disorder treatment program, or Mutual Agreement Program.
"Case management" means the management of inmate cases in order to bring services, resources, and individuals together within a planned framework of action for purposes of achieving established goals. Case management services are provided by designated staff of the Office of Substance Abuse Programming and Addictions Services.
"Continuum of care" means a multi-phase approach designed to address substance use disorders and to assist eligible inmates with their reintegration into society. Examples of the multi-phase continuum of care approach are inmate participation in the following programs:
1. Correctional licensed substance use disorder (SUD) treatment programs;
2. Community-based corrections that includes assessment and treatment centers, substance use disorder support, and work release and halfway houses; and
3. Release to parole supervision.
"Living in Balance Program (L.I.B.)" means an Alternative Substance Use Disorder Program that is research-based and designed as a practical instructional system for conducting substance use disorder education groups for inmates who have substance use disorders. The program incorporates addiction awareness and program facilitation, social and family issues, consumer issues and stress reduction techniques. L.I.B. programs utilize specifically trained facilitators and L.I.B. curricula.
"Office of Substance Abuse Programming and Addictions Services" means the office within the Department of Corrections, Division of Operations, within the Health Services Unit, responsible for addressing the substance use disorders of the inmate population. The Office of Substance Abuse Programming and Addictions Services is responsible for the proper identification of inmate treatment needs, treatment dosages, and for referral to appropriate treatment programs. The Office of Substance Abuse Programming and Addictions Services oversees, monitors, develops, and implements research-based substance use disorder programming.
"Psychoeducational program" means an alternative program that includes program activities and treatment, which is developed and implemented to address the substance use disorder concerns of inmates.
"Substance use disorder" means a maladaptive pattern of substance use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress which includes substance abuse and substance dependency as indicated by results on a clinical screening and assessment instrument.
"Substance use disorder treatment" means the therapeutic process provided by trained counselors to assist inmates who have been identified and assessed, to have a moderate to extreme substance use disorder Addiction Severity Index rating.
"SUD assessment" means the full assessment and the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) recommended level of care assignment following the intake screening by the Department's mental health services provider utilizing an ASAM compliant screening and assessment tool.
"SUD Treatment Eligibility List" means a list of inmates identified as appropriate, eligible, and referred for a SUD treatment program. The eligibility list is maintained to track treatment placement by the SUD treatment contract vendor, as well as to document inmates that refuse SUD placement and treatment.
"Treatment dosage" means the duration of treatment time as identified through research and further established via treatment standards that provides optimal treatment outcomes.
"Zero Tolerance Drug/Alcohol Policy" See N.J.A.C. 10A:1-2.2.