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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services dedicated to improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and recovery support services for individuals struggling with substance abuse and mental health disorders. SAMHSA provides APIs and open data for the behavioral health treatment services locator, national survey data (NSDUH), treatment episode statistics (TEDS), and state mental health data.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration publishes 3 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Treatment Facilities API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Federal Government, Public Health, Behavioral Health, Substance Use Disorders, and Mental Health.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s developer surface includes engineering blog, FAQ, API reference, code examples, and 21 more developer resources.

33.2/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 19/100 agent aware Front door AI 1/6 silent Heartbeat 75/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
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AccessFreemium
1 published contract
Federal GovernmentPublic HealthBehavioral HealthSubstance Use DisordersMental HealthOpen DataHealthcare

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):
  • MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
  • Machine-Readable Auth +10 pts — a served openid-configuration/oauth-authorization-server carrying `issuer` (served), else the securitySchemes class in the provider OpenAPIs — bound (mutualTLS, DPoP, Signature) > negotiable (oauth2 authorizationCode/clientCredentials, openIdConnect) > bearer (http bearer, apiKey)
  • Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
  • A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
  • Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
  • Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)
6 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.
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Markets this provider is in provisional

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MarketPositionDepthRegistered MCP serverDeclares compatibility
US Federal API Programs (api.data.gov, Login.gov, GSA MAS, FedRAMP) undeclared - - -

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Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

SAMHSA Data Portal

SAMHSA's data portal provides access to national and state-level behavioral health statistics including the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), Treatment Episode Dat...

SAMHSA Mental Health Client Level Data

Client-Level Data (CLD) from state mental health agencies on clients receiving state-funded mental health services. Provides data on demographics, diagnoses, services received, ...

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Treatment Facilities API

Search and retrieve behavioral health treatment facility listings

Open Collections 2

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration API pricing

Not yet checked against Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-04; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

PlanPrice
Free freemium Free
Professional paid Free
Enterprise enterprise —

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's documentation. All 5 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Samhsa Context

18 classes · 18 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

SAMHSA NSDUH Survey Data Record

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

SAMHSA Treatment Facility

20 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Samhsa Treatment Facility Structure

17 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 1

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Other 4

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: substance-abuse-and-mental-health-services-administration
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/substance-abuse-and-mental-health-services-administration/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: substance-abuse-and-mental-health-services-administration:samhsa-data-portal
  name: SAMHSA Data Portal
  tags:
  - Open Data
  - Survey Data
  - NSDUH
  - Statistics
  - Public Health
  humanURL: https://www.datafiles.samhsa.gov
  properties:
  - url: https://www.datafiles.samhsa.gov
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.samhsa.gov/data/
    type: Data Portal
  - url: https://pdas.samhsa.gov/sapt
    type: State Data
  description: SAMHSA's data portal provides access to national and state-level behavioral health statistics including the
    National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), and National Survey of Substance Abuse
    Treatment Services (N-SSATS). Data available for download in SAS, SPSS, and Stata formats.
- aid: substance-abuse-and-mental-health-services-administration:samhsa-mental-health-atlas
  name: SAMHSA Mental Health Client Level Data
  tags:
  - Mental Health
  - Client Data
  - Statistics
  - Open Data
  humanURL: https://www.samhsa.gov/data/report/2020-mental-health-client-level-data-cld
  properties:
  - url: https://www.samhsa.gov/data/report/2020-mental-health-client-level-data-cld
    type: Documentation
  description: Client-Level Data (CLD) from state mental health agencies on clients receiving state-funded mental health services.
    Provides data on demographics, diagnoses, services received, and outcomes.
- aid: substance-abuse-and-mental-health-services-administration:substance-abuse-and-mental-health-services-administration-treatment-facilities-api
  name: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Treatment Facilities API
  description: Search and retrieve behavioral health treatment facility listings
  humanURL: https://findtreatment.gov
  tags:
  - Treatment Facilities
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/substance-abuse-and-mental-health-services-administration-treatment-facilities-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://findtreatment.gov
  - type: National Helpline
    url: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline
name: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
tags:
- Federal Government
- Public Health
- Behavioral Health
- Substance Use Disorders
- Mental Health
- Open Data
- Healthcare
tags_raw:
- Federal Government
- Public Health
- Behavioral Health
- Substance Use Disorders
- Mental Health
- Open Data
- Healthcare
- Federal-Government
kind: contract
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/substance-abuse-and-mental-health-services-administration.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2024-12-03'
modified: '2026-10-06'
position: Consuming
description: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is a branch of the U.S. Department of
  Health and Human Services dedicated to improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and recovery support
  services for individuals struggling with substance abuse and mental health disorders. SAMHSA provides APIs and open data
  for the behavioral health treatment services locator, national survey data (NSDUH), treatment episode statistics (TEDS),
  and state mental health data.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.23'
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/substance-abuse-and-mental-health-services-administration-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/substance-abuse-and-mental-health-services-administration-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/substance-abuse-and-mental-health-services-administration-finops.yml
- url: https://www.samhsa.gov/blog
  type: Blog
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/substance-abuse-and-mental-health-services-administration-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/substance-abuse-and-mental-health-services-administration-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/substance-abuse-and-mental-health-services-administration
- url: https://www.samhsa.gov
  type: Website
- url: https://findtreatment.gov
  type: Treatment Locator
- url: https://www.samhsa.gov/data/
  type: Data Portal
- url: https://www.datafiles.samhsa.gov
  type: Data Files
- url: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline
  type: National Helpline
- url: https://988lifeline.org
  type: 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
- url: https://www.samhsa.gov/about-us/who-we-are/faq
  type: FAQ
- url: https://www.samhsa.gov/data/terms-use
  type: TermsOfService
- url: https://www.samhsa.gov/privacy
  type: PrivacyPolicy
- url: https://github.com/samhsa
  type: GitHubOrganization
- url: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?organization=samhsa-hhs
  type: Data.gov Catalog
- url: https://api.data.gov/docs/samhsa/
  type: APIReference
- url: vocabulary/samhsa-vocabulary.yml
  type: Vocabulary
- url: json-ld/samhsa-context.jsonld
  type: JSONLDContext
- url: json-schema/samhsa-treatment-facility-schema.json
  type: JSONSchema
- url: json-schema/samhsa-nsduh-data-schema.json
  type: JSONSchema
- url: json-structure/samhsa-treatment-facility-structure.json
  type: JSONStructure
- url: examples/samhsa-search-treatment-facilities-example.json
  type: Examples

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration API — frequently asked questions

Does Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 3 APIs from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, including SAMHSA Data Portal, SAMHSA Mental Health Client Level Data and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Treatment Facilities API.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 1 OpenAPI specification for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, each linked for download from this page.

How much does the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration API ready for AI agents?

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has a Kin Score of 33.2 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 19.3 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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