Alcohol and Drug Substance Abuse Course (ADSAC) Who we are, what we do. John Bureman, ADSAC Reviewer Oklahoma Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services

STATUTORY AUTHORITY 43A O.S. & 47 O.S. Title 450, Chapter 21 for Certification of ADSAC Organizations and Facilitators Title 450, Chapter 22 for Certification of Alcohol and Drug Assessment and Evaluations Related to Driver’s License Revocation

Our Mission: Promote public safety by helping reduce the rate of recidivism through assessment, education and treatment.

Current numbers Number of providers Number of ODMHSAS ADSAC Staff 177 Assessors 284 Facilitators 66 Course Organizations (+51 satellites) Number of ODMHSAS ADSAC Staff 2 ADSAC Reviewers 1 Administrative Support

Significant dates in adsac history July 1, 1991 – 10 hour DUI school for all alcohol-related suspensions May 26, 1993 – 10 hour DUI school for drug convictions September 1, 1993 – Assessment required November 1, 1996 – 24 hour DUI school

Significant dates in adsac history July 1, 2003 – Assessment driven – If arrest was June 30, 2003 or before DPS dictates recommendation Usually means 10-hour ADSAC for 1 offense and 24-hour ADSAC for 2 or more offenses. If arrest was July 1, 2003 or after assessment determines what must be done November 1, 2008 – Change in assessment fee amount

What’s involved with an adsac assessment? ADSAC assessment can only be done by a state certified ADSAC assessor It is the ONLY type of assessment that DPS accepts for driver’s license reinstatement Normally takes an hour and a half to two hours Cost depends on arrest date: $175.00 if arrest was on or before October 31, 2008 $160.00 if arrest was on or after November 1, 2008

What’s involved with an adsac assessment? Consists of three assessment instruments Driver Risk Inventor (DRI) Used for alcohol or drug-related driving offenses resulting in license revocation Defendant Questionnaire (DQ) Used for alcohol or drug-related non-driving offenses resulting in license revocation Addiction Severity Index (ASI) as the biopsychsocial Approved supportive instrument of the assessor’s choosing Assessment results in one of 5 recommendations

Intervention level recommendations Low risk to recidivate Level 1 (score 0 to 39) 10 hour ADSAC Victims Impact Panel (VIP) Level 2 (score 0 to 39 + 2 or more revocations) 24 hour ADSAC VIP

Intervention level recommendations Moderate risk to recidivate Level 3 (score 40 to 69) 24 hour ADSAC VIP 6 weeks of substance abuse (SA) related group counseling Level “3B” (Special circumstances only) 12 weeks of SA related group 12 weeks of mutual support meetings

Intervention level recommendations Problem risk to recidivate Level 4 (score 70 to 89) Intensive outpatient treatment (9 to 15 hours per week for 6 to 8 weeks) Aftercare 12 mutual support meetings Severe risk to recidivate Level 5 (score 90 to 100) Inpatient treatment Mutual support

SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION Once a person completes all the assessment recommendations: Return to the assessor Present documentation of completing requirements Receive “Red Stamp” certificate from the assessor Take “Red Stamp” certificate to DPS

Important time frames Participant must initiate recommended services within 6 months of the date of the assessment or the assessment becomes invalid and they must get another assessment Once they initiate services they have no time limit in which they have to complete However if they get another drug/alcohol license revocation offense then the previous assessment and anything they completed is null and void.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Q: I did a program when I was in prison. Does that count? A: Maybe. Q: I live in the panhandle with nothing between me and Texas except a tumbleweed. How am I supposed to get the assessment and other stuff? A: If you live more than 70 miles from ADSAC services in Oklahoma then you don’t have to anything related to ADSAC.

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