Full Text of HR0106 097th General Assembly
HR0106 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | HR0106 | | LRB097 10829 KTG 51308 r |
|
| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS) | 3 | | has notified the Illinois Alcoholism and Drug Dependence | 4 | | Association
(IADDA) that all GRF funds for addiction prevention | 5 | | and treatment will be eliminated as of March 15, 2011; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Providers of addiction prevention and treatment | 7 | | services have been notified of these impending cuts with less | 8 | | than 30
days' notice; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Nearly 80% of the clients in the addiction | 10 | | treatment system are not eligible for Medicaid services and | 11 | | will not be able
to access addiction treatment; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, These cuts will result in an immediate loss of | 13 | | services for 55,830 treatment clients, and 229,536 youth will | 14 | | lose
prevention services; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, These cuts will shut down the State-funded | 16 | | addiction prevention and treatment system, resulting in a loss | 17 | | of more than
5,000 jobs; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The residual impact to the State's economy far | 19 | | exceeds the immediate impact that will occur on March 15, 2011; | 20 | | and
|
| | | HR0106 | - 2 - | LRB097 10829 KTG 51308 r |
|
| 1 | | WHEREAS, 5,000 new unemployed staff will be an additional | 2 | | burden on the State's unemployment system; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, The Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency | 4 | | Act mandates that DHS design, coordinate, and fund a | 5 | | comprehensive and
coordinated community-based and culturally | 6 | | and gender-appropriate array of services throughout the State | 7 | | for the prevention,
intervention, treatment, and | 8 | | rehabilitation of alcohol and other drug abuse and dependency | 9 | | that is accessible and addresses the
needs of at-risk or | 10 | | addicted individuals and their families; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency | 12 | | Act mandates that offenders have the right to an assessment and | 13 | | can be
sentenced to treatment services in the community instead | 14 | | of being sent to prison; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Since 69% of African-Americans and 76% of Latinos | 16 | | rely on publicly funded treatment, these cuts will | 17 | | disproportionately
affect minority communities; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, These cuts will force Illinoisans with no access | 19 | | to addiction services to turn to local hospital emergency | 20 | | departments
flooding emergency rooms, increasing wait times, | 21 | | and swelling medical costs; and
|
| | | HR0106 | - 3 - | LRB097 10829 KTG 51308 r |
|
| 1 | | WHEREAS, Local law enforcement will bear the burden of | 2 | | coping with Illinoisans who need treatment but will instead end | 3 | | up in local jails or homeless because they have nowhere to | 4 | | turn; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Already overburdened local justice and social | 6 | | service systems will become overwhelmed with people locked out | 7 | | of
critical treatment services; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The average cost of addiction treatment in | 9 | | Illinois is $4,425 per person; the average annual cost of | 10 | | incarceration is
$21,911 per person; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Without funding for addiction prevention and | 12 | | treatment, costs associated with corrections will drastically | 13 | | increase; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Cuts will escalate domestic violence, child | 15 | | abuse, accidents, and fatalities; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, DHS estimates 9,000 to 10,000 Illinois residents | 17 | | die each year from accidental injuries and 40% of these deaths | 18 | | are
related to the use of alcohol; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, $907 million (73%) of the total spending on child |
| | | HR0106 | - 4 - | LRB097 10829 KTG 51308 r |
|
| 1 | | welfare is spent as a result of untreated addiction; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder costs the State of | 3 | | Illinois an estimated $329 million dollars annually or $27
| 4 | | million per month; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, DHS estimates the annual Illinois statewide | 6 | | economic costs associated with alcohol, tobacco, and other | 7 | | drug-related
mortality is in excess of $3.5 billion; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, DHS estimates that over 60% of all State-funded | 9 | | addiction prevention programs are classified as | 10 | | evidence-based; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, DHS has found the following outcomes are achieved | 12 | | in the prevention system: | 13 | | (1) Increased alcohol, tobacco, and other drug | 14 | | resistance skills among program participants; | 15 | | (2) Increased perceptions that alcohol, tobacco, and | 16 | | other drug use is harmful; | 17 | | (3) Increased drug knowledge; | 18 | | (4) Delayed alcohol use; | 19 | | (5) Delayed intent to use alcohol and inhalants; | 20 | | (6) Decreased perceptions that peers are using illicit | 21 | | drugs; | 22 | | (7) Decreased perceptions that adults are using |
| | | HR0106 | - 5 - | LRB097 10829 KTG 51308 r |
|
| 1 | | illicit drugs; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, DHS has implemented a system of performance-based | 3 | | contracts for addiction treatment that focuses on client
| 4 | | engagement, retention in treatment, and continuity of care; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, DHS has data confirming that more than 97% of all | 6 | | clients discharged from Illinois' treatment system are | 7 | | arrest-free as
opposed to the national average of only 89% at | 8 | | discharge; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, DHS has data confirming that more than 81% of all | 10 | | clients discharged from Illinois' treatment system are | 11 | | alcohol-free at
discharge as compared to the national average | 12 | | of 80%; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, DHS has data confirming that more than 74% of all | 14 | | clients discharged from Illinois' treatment system are | 15 | | drug-free at
discharge, which is the same as the national | 16 | | average; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, For every dollar spent on prevention, states save | 18 | | up to $10 in treatment and recovery costs alone; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, For every dollar spent on treatment, the State | 20 | | saves up to $14 in healthcare, criminal justice, and child |
| | | HR0106 | - 6 - | LRB097 10829 KTG 51308 r |
|
| 1 | | welfare costs; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 4 | | the General Assembly deems that these draconian cuts | 5 | | eliminating all non-Medicaid addiction treatment and | 6 | | prevention will decimate the Illinois system and are a | 7 | | violation of Section 25-5 of
the Alcoholism and Other Drug | 8 | | Abuse and Dependency Act which provides that DHS "shall | 9 | | develop, fund and implement a
comprehensive, statewide | 10 | | community-based system for the provision of a full array of | 11 | | intervention, treatment and
aftercare for persons suffering | 12 | | from alcohol and other drug abuse and dependency"; and be it | 13 | | further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That the elimination of State funding for | 15 | | addiction treatment and prevention shall be immediately
| 16 | | halted; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution shall be | 18 | | delivered to the Governor and the Secretary of the Department | 19 | | of Human Services.
|
|