Under IC 4-22-2-24, notice is hereby given that on December 18, 2008, at 9:00 a.m., at the Indiana Government Center South, 402 West Washington Street, Conference Center Room 2, Indianapolis, Indiana, the Division of Mental Health and Addiction will hold a public hearing on proposed rules that add 440 IAC 10 regarding minimum standards for the provision of services by opioid treatment facilities and programs to establish definitions, establish certification standards and procedures for opioid treatment facilities, establish standards and procedures for the specific approval of opioid treatment programs, establish operational standards for opioid treatment programs, and establish standards of competent practice for opioid treatment programs.

The Division of Mental Health and Addiction has the authority to adopt rules under IC 12-23-18-1 and IC 12-23-1-6(7). In accordance with public notice requirements established at IC 4-22-2-24(d), the rules are being proposed in order to establish minimum standards for the provision of services by opioid treatment facilities and opioid treatment programs. The rules do not impose on the regulated entities any cost or requirement that is not expressly required by the statutes authorizing the agency to adopt the rules.

Copies of these rules are now on file at the Indiana Government Center South, 402 West Washington Street, Room W451 and Legislative Services Agency, One North Capitol, Suite 325, Indianapolis, Indiana and are open for public inspection.