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COMBINED MANUAL

ISSUE DATE 12/2014

CHEMICAL USE ASSESSMENT

0012.30

MFIP, DWP, SNAP, MSA, GRH: No provisions.

GA: Refer an applicant or participant for a chemical use assessment when there is a reasonable basis for questioning whether a person is drug dependent. There is a reasonable basis for referral when 1 of the following exists:

● The person has required detoxification 2 or more times in the last 12 months.

● The person appears intoxicated at the county agency as indicated by 2 or more of the following:

- Odor of alcohol.

- Slurred speech.

- Disconjugate gaze.

- Impaired balance.

- Difficulty in remaining awake.

- Consumption of a chemical.

- Responding to sights or sounds that are not actually present.

- Extreme restlessness, fast speech, or unusual belligerence.

● The person has been involuntarily committed for drug dependency at least once in the past 12 months.

● The person has received treatment, including domiciliary care, for drug abuse or dependency at least twice in the past 12 months.

When you decide to refer a client for a chemical use assessment, notify the client of the referral. See 0026.51 (Notices - Chemical Use Assessment).

Give the client the opportunity to participate in a chemical use assessment within 15 days after the date you mail or deliver the notice of referral to the client.

The chemical use assessment must be conducted by a qualified county agency staff person or by a designee of the county agency.

Review a determination of drug dependency at least every 12 months.

There are certain restrictions on payments made after a client has been referred for a chemical use assessment or has been assessed as being drug dependent. See 0024.09.12 (Payments After Chemical Use Assessment).