This Illinois statute establishes the licensure categories for substance use disorder programs, requiring any person or program to obtain a license before providing covered services. Treatment licenses cover Early Intervention, Outpatient, Intensive Outpatient/Partial Hospitalization, Subacute Residential/Inpatient, and Withdrawal Management, with methadone-based medication-assisted treatment available as an adjunct to any treatment level. Intervention licenses cover DUI Evaluation, DUI Risk Education, Designated Programs, and Recovery Homes for persons in recovery from a substance use disorder. Facility operators must obtain the appropriate license category before delivering any of these services and may seek a rule-based exemption for off-site services.
View official source(20 ILCS 301/15-10) Sec. 15-10. Licensure categories and services. No person or program may provide the services or conduct the activities described in this Section without first obtaining a license therefor from the Department, unless otherwise exempted under this Act. The Department shall, by rule, provide requirements for each of the following types of licenses and categories of service: (a) Treatment: Categories of service authorized by a treatment license are Early Intervention, Outpatient, Intensive Outpatient/Partial Hospitalization, Subacute Residential/Inpatient, and Withdrawal Management. Medication assisted treatment that includes methadone used for an opioid use disorder can be licensed as an adjunct to any of the treatment levels of care specified in this Section. Treatment for a gambling disorder, as defined in Section 1-10 and in accordance with standards developed by the Department may also be added as an adjunct to any of the treatment levels of care as defined in this Section. (b) Intervention: Categories of service authorized by an intervention license are DUI Evaluation, DUI Risk Education, Designated Program, and Recovery Homes for persons in any stage of recovery from a substance use disorder. Gambling disorder, as defined in Section 1-10 and in accordance with standards developed by the Department, may also be added as an adjunct to a recovery home intervention license. Harm reduction is another service authorized by an intervention licensure that can be issued if and when legal authorization is adopted to allow for this service and upon adoption of administrative or funding rules that govern the delivery of the service. The Department may, under procedures established by rule and upon a showing of good cause for such, exempt off-site services from having to obtain a separate license for services conducted away from the provider's licensed location. (Source: P.A. 104-626, eff. 7-24-26.)