Full Text of HR0131 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In 2017, the opioid crisis was declared a | 3 | | national public health emergency; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, At the time, the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental | 5 | | Health Services Administration reported that over 2.1 million | 6 | | people in the United States suffered from an opioid use | 7 | | disorder; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The criminal justice system has felt the impact | 9 | | of this epidemic; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health | 11 | | Services Administration reported that nearly 15 percent of | 12 | | state prisoners and jail inmates convicted of violent crimes | 13 | | and 40 percent of those convicted of property crimes reported | 14 | | committing their offense to support a drug addiction; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Approximately 7 percent of state prison and jail | 16 | | inmates were under the influence of opioids at the time of | 17 | | their offense; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The impact of opioid use on individuals | 19 | | transitioning from jail or prison back to their communities is | 20 | | overwhelmingly negative; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Outcomes include higher rates of returning to the | 2 | | criminal justice system, harm to families, negative public | 3 | | health effects such as the transmission of infectious | 4 | | diseases, and death; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health | 6 | | Services Administration reported that within 3 months of | 7 | | release from custody, 75 percent of formerly incarcerated | 8 | | individuals with an opioid use disorder relapse to opioid use, | 9 | | and approximately 40 to 50 percent are arrested for a new crime | 10 | | within the first year; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Medication-Assisted Treatment is the use of | 12 | | medications in combination with counseling and behavioral | 13 | | therapies to provide a whole-patient approach to the treatment | 14 | | of substance use disorders; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone are used | 16 | | to treat opioid use disorders to short-acting opioids, such as | 17 | | heroin, morphine, and codeine, as well as semi-synthetic | 18 | | opioids like oxycodone and hydrocodone; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Medication-Assisted Treatment medications | 20 | | relieve the withdrawal symptoms and psychological cravings | 21 | | that cause chemical imbalances in the body; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Medications used for Medication-Assisted | 2 | | Treatment are evidence-based treatment options and do not | 3 | | merely substitute one drug for another; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The Rikers Island Jail in New York has provided | 5 | | Medication-Assisted Treatment medications to inmates and has | 6 | | witnessed fewer overdose deaths after inmates are released; | 7 | | and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Court action has won Medication-Assisted | 9 | | Treatment rights for inmates in Maine and Massachusetts; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The Cook County Jail has provided | 11 | | Medication-Assisted Treatment medications to inmates for | 12 | | approximately three years; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In contrast, the DuPage County Jail has had a | 14 | | policy of not providing Medication-Assisted Treatment | 15 | | medications to inmates; at least two inmates who detoxed at | 16 | | the DuPage County Jail died of overdoses soon after release; | 17 | | the DuPage County Jail was recently sued to allow | 18 | | Medication-Assisted Treatment medications for inmates; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Medication-Assisted Treatment medications are | 20 | | safe to use for months, years, or even a lifetime; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Association for Behavioral Health | 2 | | has urged the DuPage County Jail and all Illinois county jails | 3 | | to adopt a uniformed, best practice standard of providing | 4 | | Medication-Assisted Treatment medications to individuals under | 5 | | their jurisdiction requiring such services; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 7 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 | | we support mandating a statewide standard that requires all | 9 | | Illinois counties to provide Medication-Assisted Treatment | 10 | | medications to individuals under their jurisdiction requiring | 11 | | such services; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 13 | | delivered to the Governor of Illinois, the Director of the | 14 | | Illinois Department of Corrections, the Director of the | 15 | | Illinois Department of Public Health, the Director of the | 16 | | Illinois Department of Healthcare and Families, the Secretary | 17 | | of the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Illinois | 18 | | County Sheriffs' Association.
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