Table 6.17b
Facility licensing, certification, or accreditation, by State or jurisdiction: March 31, 2003
Percent
State or jurisdiction1 Number
of
facilities		   Percent2
  Organization
Any listed
agency/
organization		 State
substance
abuse agency		 State mental
health dept.		 State public
health dept./
board of health		 Hospital
licensing
authority		 JCAHO3 CARF3 NCQA3 COA3 Other state/
local agency/
organization
Total  13,623  95.3  81.2  33.8  31.5   9.9  24.4  12.9   2.6   4.5  13.7
Alabama    129  97.7  67.4  77.5  17.8  11.6  27.1   5.4   0.8      - -   8.5
Alaska     75  93.3  81.3  32.0  14.7   9.3  21.3  28.0   2.7   2.7  10.7
Arizona    208  88.5  43.8  50.0  48.1   9.6  32.7  15.9   1.9   4.8  13.5
Arkansas     56 100.0  85.7  28.6  37.5  12.5  32.1  28.6   3.6   1.8  21.4
California  1,818  92.4  82.1  14.3  16.6   4.7   9.5   9.2   2.6   1.5  20.0
Colorado    384  99.5  95.8  30.5  24.5   4.2   8.9   3.6   1.3   2.9  19.3
Connecticut    240  94.2  59.2  46.3  85.0  13.3  37.5  27.5   2.1   5.0   9.2
Delaware     47  97.9  89.4  34.0  23.4   6.4  48.9  10.6   2.1   6.4  10.6
District of Columbia     54  87.0  51.9  25.9  44.4  18.5  25.9  24.1   3.7      - -   9.3
Fed. of Micronesia      2  50.0  50.0  50.0  50.0  50.0      - -      - -  50.0      - -      - -
Florida    575  94.6  83.7  27.3  27.5   7.3  27.8  25.7   3.5   6.4  14.3
Georgia    266  95.1  71.4  44.4  22.2  13.9  44.4  35.0   5.6   3.0  17.3
Guam      1      - -      - -      - -      - -      - -      - -      - -      - -      - -      - -
Hawaii     77  72.7  53.2  15.6  28.6   6.5  11.7  44.2   1.3   3.9  10.4
Idaho     69  97.1  89.9  30.4  31.9  13.0  14.5   4.3      - -   2.9  17.4
Illinois    591  97.8  89.2  25.5  22.7   8.6  31.0  18.4   1.7   9.1  11.0
Indiana    330  97.3  78.5  84.5  31.2  20.9  50.9  24.8   3.0   3.3   8.5
Iowa    121  97.5  81.0  14.0  71.9  16.5  20.7   9.9   1.7   3.3   4.1
Kansas    215  99.1  92.1  38.1  13.5   6.5  12.6   1.4   2.8   0.5  13.0
Kentucky    313  97.1  86.9  63.9  28.1   9.6  30.4   1.0   1.0   1.0  16.9
Louisiana    162  92.0  67.3  13.6  60.5  22.2  20.4   6.8   3.1   0.6  18.5
Maine    189  95.8  88.4  50.8  13.2   7.9  20.1   1.6      - -   4.2   8.5
Maryland    361  98.1  84.2  34.1  33.2   3.9  24.9   8.9   2.5   0.8  12.2
Massachusetts    330  94.5  73.9  28.2  85.5  14.8  30.0  13.0   4.2   3.6   4.2
Michigan    599  98.3  94.0  28.2  22.9   6.3  27.2  36.4   1.0  17.7  10.9
Minnesota    258  98.8  80.2  16.7  60.9  10.9  24.8   5.0   2.7   3.9  22.1
Mississippi    117  94.9  50.4  82.1  42.7  11.1  29.1   1.7   2.6   3.4   8.5
Missouri    237  94.5  73.4  61.2  16.0   9.3  24.1  13.9   2.5   3.8   7.6
Montana     55  96.4  72.7  25.5  34.5  12.7  25.5   7.3   3.6      - -  10.9
Nebraska    107  91.6  74.8  31.8  41.1   8.4  29.9  19.6   1.9  12.1  14.0
Nevada     85  96.5  84.7  17.6  37.6   8.2  15.3   7.1   2.4   5.9  31.8
New Hampshire     62  83.9  58.1  35.5  32.3  12.9  11.3  12.9   3.2   3.2  17.7
New Jersey    322  87.3  60.2  33.9  46.3  14.3  31.7  10.2   3.1   7.5  13.4
New Mexico    122  73.8  47.5  38.5  27.9  11.5  19.7   6.6   3.3   2.5  25.4
New York  1,118  98.3  93.6  12.8  33.5  14.5  35.2   5.6   2.8   2.3   6.4
North Carolina    288  96.2  72.9  56.6  13.2   8.3  17.4   8.3   2.1  34.4  22.2
North Dakota     45  97.8  95.6  40.0  17.8  13.3  20.0   2.2   2.2   2.2   8.9
Ohio    479  97.9  89.4  41.8  14.0  10.4  30.7  13.4   1.7   5.8  12.3
Oklahoma    157  93.6  72.0  62.4  18.5   8.3  18.5  29.3   1.3   1.3  17.2
Oregon    205  98.0  96.6  44.4  19.5   3.9  11.7   5.9   2.9   5.4  10.2
Palau      1 100.0      - -      - -      - - 100.0      - -      - -      - -      - -      - -
Pennsylvania    465  97.2  86.0  23.9  55.5   8.8  30.3   3.0   5.2   3.2  15.7
Puerto Rico    196  96.4  90.3  75.0  38.8   6.1   7.1   3.6   3.1   1.0  15.3
Rhode Island     57  98.2  86.0  40.4  33.3   5.3  45.6  28.1      - -   3.5   3.5
South Carolina     97  96.9  62.9   2.1  74.2  14.4  19.6  58.8   3.1      - -  13.4
South Dakota     52  88.5  80.8  15.4  36.5   1.9  13.5   3.8      - -   3.8   7.7
Tennessee    187  95.2  54.0  56.1  65.8   8.6  34.8  11.8   3.2   2.1  12.8
Texas    556  95.0  80.0  15.6  23.0  11.5  22.3   7.7   2.9   1.1  13.1
Utah    118  96.6  76.3  50.8  29.7   7.6  16.1   5.1   3.4   2.5  30.5
Vermont     37  97.3  86.5  37.8  29.7  13.5  16.2  48.6   2.7      - -  10.8
Virgin Islands      4  75.0  75.0  25.0  50.0      - -      - -      - -      - -      - -      - -
Virginia    205  92.7  77.1  75.1  20.0  14.1  26.3  15.6   2.0   0.5  10.2
Washington    341  97.4  95.3  22.0  45.5   6.2  15.2  10.9   1.8   2.9  14.1
West Virginia     85  96.5  60.0  67.1  24.7  15.3  20.0   9.4   1.2      - -  12.9
Wisconsin    302  97.4  87.1  63.9  20.2  21.5  28.8   3.0   4.6   4.3  11.3
Wyoming     51  94.1  68.6  51.0  23.5   9.8  23.5  19.6      - -      - -  17.6
1 Facilities operated by Federal agencies are included in the States in which the facilities are located.
2 Percents sum to more than 100 percent because a facility could accept more than one licensing, certification, or accreditation organization.
3 JCAHO - Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; CARF -  Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission; NCQA - National Committee for Quality Assurance; COA - Council on Accreditation for Children and Family Services.
- -  Quantity is zero.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), 2003.