Comment

From: Ramirez,Lisa (HHSC/DSHS) [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2017 6:23 PM
To: OpioidSTR (SAMHSA/CSAT)
Subject: Opioid STR Performance Measurement Reports for WebGAS recommendations from Texas
Texas has reviewed the draft Opioid STR Performance Measurement Reports for WebBGAS
and would like to provide the following comments/suggested edits:
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Table B2 for RSS – In Texas, this would only include adults engaged in Long-term
Peer Recovery Coaching services. Texas will be able to report the total unduplicated
numbers of individuals served and the number of other recovery support services (ex.
transportation, housing assistance, childcare, GED, employment, etc.) provided.
Documenting demographic information for individuals not enrolling in peer recovery coach
services would be extremely time consuming and tedious for recovery coaches to enter into
client information center. Recommendation to eliminate tracking all demographic
information for non-enrolling participants receiving drop-in recovery support services and
only require unduplicated counts. For participants receiving long-term peer recovery
coaching demographic information can be provided.
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Recovery/Aftercare Services Table: In Texas, RSS services can occur before, during,
and/or after treatment services. The number of clients who completed RSS – there is no
required end date as it is available as long as the individual wants to engage in RSS
services. Provide definitions for “Recovery” and “Aftercare” as they may be used
interchangeably, and in fact, are not one in the same. Recovery (support services) in this
context is an actual funded activity, or set of activities, within a programmatic theme, that
has empirical foundations. Aftercare is broad and general term that has does not have any
standardized clinical, programmatic, or research based outcomes associated with it.
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Tables D2 and D3: Add “Other, Please Specify” option for each table and provide
definitions for each concept.
Thank you,
Lisa
LISA RAMIREZ, MA, LCDC| LEAD PROGRAM SPECIALIST, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER UNIT
IDD and Behavioral Health Services Section
8317 Cross Park, Ste. 350 | Austin, Texas 78754
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