Full Text of HR0845 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The opioid epidemic in Illinois and across the | 3 | | country has headlined the news the
past few years; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, In Illinois alone, the Illinois Department of | 5 | | Public Health reports that of the 2,278
deaths from drug | 6 | | overdose in 2016, over 80% were from opioids, a 70% increase | 7 | | from 2013 and
a 32% increase from 2015; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, While we have been aware of this problem, the | 9 | | solution has remained elusive; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, The legal and medical communities have sought to | 11 | | combat the
crisis by properly removing expired or unwanted | 12 | | pills from the population through drug drop-off
boxes and mail | 13 | | back programs; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Both ways have seen initial success throughout a | 15 | | number of states, but the drop-off boxes
have been further | 16 | | initiated than mail back programs here in Illinois, to the | 17 | | point where some
have been overflowing; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Pharmacies have started to install the boxes on | 19 | | their own initiative, as a convenient
location and alternative | 20 | | for those who may fear using one in a police station; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, It may be costly or problematic to require these | 2 | | boxes, but for those who would like
to install one voluntarily, | 3 | | over $281,000 has accrued in the Comptroller's Prescription | 4 | | Pill and
Drug Disposal Fund; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The changes adding drug disposal drop-off boxes | 6 | | and mail-back programs to this
fund were established under 20 | 7 | | ILCS 3930/9.3; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Criminal Justice Information | 9 | | Authority was charged with adopting
rules and establishing | 10 | | guidelines for grants by July 1, 2016, but no funds have been | 11 | | released to
date; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, It would be in the best interest of the citizens | 13 | | of Illinois to have these funds used for
their intended | 14 | | purposes; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 16 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 | | urge the
Office of the Comptroller to look into why these funds | 18 | | have yet to be released and work to
release them as soon as may | 19 | | be possible; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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Comptroller.
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