3793.12 Statistics concerning care, treatment and rehabilitation. - Ohio Statutes

3793.12 Statistics concerning care, treatment and rehabilitation.

(A) The department of alcohol and drug addiction services shall collect and compile statistics and other information on the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of alcoholics, drug dependent persons, and persons in danger of drug dependence in this state, including, without limitation, information on the number of such persons, the type of drug involved, the type of care, treatment, or rehabilitation prescribed or undertaken, and the success or failure of the care, treatment, or rehabilitation.

(B) No alcohol or drug addiction program shall fail to supply statistics and other information within its knowledge and with respect to its programs, upon request of the department.

(C) Communications by a person seeking aid in good faith for alcoholism or drug dependence are confidential, and this section does not require the collection or permit the disclosure of information which reveals or comprises the identity of any person seeking aid.

(D) Based on the information collected and compiled under division (A) of this section, the department shall develop a project to assess the outcomes of persons served by alcohol and drug addiction programs that receive funds distributed by the department.

Effective Date: 09-29-1999