§ 19.07 Office of alcoholism and substance abuse services; scope of\n responsibilities.\n (a) The office of alcoholism and substance abuse services is charged\nwith the responsibility for assuring the development of comprehensive\nplans, programs, and services in the areas of research, prevention,\ncare, treatment, rehabilitation, including relapse prevention and\nrecovery maintenance, education, and training of persons who abuse or\nare dependent on alcohol and/or substances and their families. Such\nplans, programs, and services shall be developed with the cooperation of\nthe office, the other offices of the department where appropriate, local\ngovernments, consumers and community organizations and entities. The\noffice shall provide appropriate facilities and shall encourage the\nprovision of facilities by local government and community organizations\nand entities. The office is also responsible for developing plans,\nprograms and services related to compulsive gambling education,\nprevention and treatment consistent with section 41.57 of this chapter.\n (b) The office of alcoholism and substance abuse services shall advise\nand assist the governor in improving services and developing policies\ndesigned to meet the needs of persons who suffer from an addictive\ndisorder and their families, and to encourage their rehabilitation,\nmaintenance of recovery, and functioning in society.\n (c) The office of addiction services and supports shall have the\nresponsibility for seeing that persons who suffer from a substance use\ndisorder and their families are provided with addiction services, care\nand treatment, and that such services, care, treatment and\nrehabilitation is of high quality and effectiveness, and that the\npersonal and civil rights of persons seeking and receiving addiction\nservices, care, treatment and rehabilitation are adequately protected,\nincluding that patients have the right to access services based on their\ngender identity, gender expression and/or sexual orientation. For the\npurposes of this subdivision, gender identity or gender expression means\na person's actual or perceived gender related identity, appearance,\nbehavior, expression, or other gender related characteristic regardless\nof the sex assigned to that person at birth.\n (d) The office of alcoholism and substance abuse services shall foster\nprograms for the training and development of persons capable of\nproviding the foregoing services, including but not limited to a process\nof issuing, either directly or through contract, credentials for\nalcoholism and substance abuse counselors or gambling addiction\ncounselors in accordance with the following:\n (1) The office shall establish minimum qualifications for counselors\nin all phases of delivery of services to persons and their families who\nare suffering from alcohol and/or substance abuse and/or chemical\ndependence and/or compulsive gambling that shall include, but not be\nlimited to, completion of approved courses of study or equivalent\non-the-job experience in alcoholism and substance abuse counseling\nand/or counseling of compulsive gambling. Such approved courses of study\nor equivalent on-the-job experience shall include: providing\ntrauma-informed, patient-centered care; referring individuals to\nappropriate treatments for co-occurring disorders; and sensitivity\ntraining. Such courses shall be updated as needed to reflect evolving\nbest practices in harm reduction, treatment and long-term recovery. For\nthe purposes of this paragraph, sensitivity training shall mean a form\nof training with the goal of making people more aware of their own\nprejudices and more sensitive to others.\n (i) The office shall establish procedures for issuing, directly or\nthrough contract, credentials to counselors who meet minimum\nqualifications, including the establishment of appropriate fees, and\nshall further establish procedures to suspend, revoke, or annul such\ncredentials for go
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