Bill Text: IL HR0069 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Encourages the Illinois Department of Human Services to address heroin addiction and implement evidence-based practices for medication-assisted treatment services. Designates November 4, 2017 as Heroin Addiction Awareness Day in the State of Illinois.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-11 - Resolution Adopted [HR0069 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0069-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Heroin addiction continues to be a serious and | ||||||
| 3 | deadly problem in the State of Illinois; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Heroin accounts for one-quarter of substance | ||||||
| 5 | related treatment admissions in Illinois; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Nearly 4% of youths reported using heroin in 2013; | ||||||
| 7 | and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, 681 deaths were caused by heroin overdoses in | ||||||
| 9 | 2014; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Illinois still heavily relies on the 12-step | ||||||
| 11 | program to address heroin and over 300
other types of | ||||||
| 12 | addictions; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Study after study has proven that 12-step programs | ||||||
| 14 | have a poor success rate of only between
5% and 10%; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Twelve-step programs have a dropout rate of 95% | ||||||
| 16 | after one year in the program; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Treatment models using behavioral science have | ||||||
| 18 | shown a great deal of promise in many
medical and mental health | ||||||
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| 1 | circles; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Countless loved ones have had to endure the pain | ||||||
| 3 | and heartache associated with heroin
addiction; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, With 12-step programs having such low success | ||||||
| 5 | rates action must be taken to save lives from
heroin and other | ||||||
| 6 | addictions; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, A new treatment method that meets the needs of the | ||||||
| 8 | addicted and that uses
a behavioral methodology to better | ||||||
| 9 | foster heroin addiction recovery is urgently needed; | ||||||
| 10 | therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 12 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 13 | encourage the Illinois Department of Human Services to address | ||||||
| 14 | heroin addiction and implement evidence-based practices for | ||||||
| 15 | medication-assisted treatment services that meet the needs of | ||||||
| 16 | the addicted in Illinois; and be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That we designate November 4, 2017 as Heroin | ||||||
| 18 | Addiction Awareness Day in the State of Illinois; and be it | ||||||
| 19 | further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
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| 1 | presented to Governor Rauner, Secretary of the Illinois | ||||||
| 2 | Department of
Human Services James T. Dimas, and Kari Karidis.
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