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Tool #3: SBIRT and the Federal Alcohol & Drug Confidentiality Rules: Common Scenarios

A third tool in the Legal Action Center’s series on confidentiality regulations as they relate to SBIRT services for youth, this tool outlines how Part 2 applies to common scenarios involving SBIRT. The tool provides guidance around security of records, disclosures to parents and guardians, consent form strategies, and disclosure…

Tool #2: SBIRT and the Federal Alcohol & Drug Confidentiality Rules: The Basic Requirements

Building upon Tool #1: Fact Sheet and Tool #1: Decision Tree, this tool provides SBIRT providers with an overview of the basic requirements of Part 2. The tool is for providers who have determined that they are covered by Part 2 (see Tool #1: Decision Tree) as well as those…

Tool #1 Fact Sheet: Do Federal Alcohol & Drug Confidentiality Rules Apply to Your SBIRT Services?

This tool is the first in the series of fact sheets about how the federal confidentiality regulations around substance use disorder records, known as “42 CFR Part 2” (Part 2), relate to SBIRT services for youth. This first tool is intended to help SBIRT providers determine whether or not they…

Tool #1 Decision Tree: Do Federal Alcohol & Drug Confidentiality Rules Apply to Your SBIRT Services?

This tool is part of the Legal Action Center’s series on confidentiality regulations as they relate to SBIRT services for youth. Building upon “Tool # 1: Fact Sheet”, this tool includes a decision tree to help SBIRT providers determine whether their SBIRT services are subject to federal confidentiality rules for…

The Living the Example Social Media Substance Use Prevention Program: A Pilot Evaluation

Evans et al. studied high school students in upstate New York in an effort to determine whether peer social media posts could reduce teen substance use. The social media intervention was derived from aspects of the Living the Example (LTE) in-person prevention campaign. All social media posts were uploaded by…

Telling Stories that Explain: Comparing Media and Organizational Discourse on Adolescent Substance Use

This report is part of the FrameWorks Institute’s larger, multi-method project to design and test framing strategies aimed at improving public understanding of adolescent substance use. Drawing on prior research related to the public’s limited understanding of adolescent substance use, the report describes how media and advocacy groups shape public…

Spotlight on Network Adequacy Standards for Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Services

This report discusses the results of a 50-state survey of quantitative metrics adopted for state-regulated private health plans and offers a “parity assessment” of those state mental health and substance use disorder provider metrics. The report also describes the federal and state regulatory framework for defining and monitoring network adequacy…

Spotlight on Legislation Limiting the Use of Prior Authorization for Substance Use Disorder Services and Medications

This report discusses the results of 50-state survey of statutory standards limiting the use of prior authorization for substance use disorder (SUD) medications and services in both public and private insurance, and identifies 22 state legislatures that have stepped in to require system-wide removal of some prior authorization requirements. In…

School-Based Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment: An Implementation Playbook

Seattle Children’s Research Institute The School-Based SBIRT Playbook is a collection of actions and considerations (called “Plays”) to assist a school district or school with implementing the SB-SBIRT model. The Plays were developed based on the experience of implementing SB-SBIRT across 12 school districts in King County. They are meant…

School-Based SBIRT Process Evaluation Final Report

King County’s Department of Community and Human Services implemented a school-based SBIRT (SB-SBIRT) model in 42 middle schools. Seattle Children’s Research Institute conducted a process evaluation of this SB-SBIRT program during the first year of implementation (September 2018 –December 2019). The evaluation goals were to explore how the program supported…