Bill Text: IL HR0103 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urges the Department of Human Services and the Governor's Opioid Overdose Prevention and Recovery Steering Committee to closely consider funding FDA-authorized PDTs to help patients who are struggling with substance use and opioid use disorders.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-05-18 - Resolution Adopted [HR0103 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HR0103-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The substance use and opioid use crises in
Illinois are responsible for historically high rates of
overdoses and overdose-related fatalities; and
WHEREAS, According to the State's own opioid data, use and
misuse of opioids in Illinois also continues to have
substantial associated public health consequences, including
increased rates of infectious diseases such as hepatitis C and
HIV, lost productivity in the workplace, crime, neonatal
abstinence syndrome, and homelessness; and
WHEREAS, Substance use and opioid use are often
detrimental to a person's mental health; access to innovative
and evidence-based treatments that address substance use and
opioid use can improve a patient's overall mental health; and
WHEREAS, Historically disadvantaged groups face additional
barriers to treatment for substance use and opioid use
disorders, such as a lack of affordable therapy, stigma, and
unequal access to mental health treatment; mental health
equity should focus on access to quality and appropriate
healthcare services; and
WHEREAS, The purpose of many federal programs is to

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provide resources to states for increasing access to
FDA-approved medications for the treatment of substance use
and opioid use disorder and for supporting the continuum of
prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery support
services for opioid use disorder and other substance use
disorders; and
WHEREAS, A prescription digital therapeutic, which
utilizes both cognitive behavioral therapy and contingency
management in the product to treat substance use disorder or
opioid use disorder, is approved, cleared, or classified by
the Food and Drug Administration under section 510(k), 513(f),
or 515 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and requires
a prescription under section 801.109 of title 21 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation); and
WHEREAS, Prescription digital therapeutics have the
potential to significantly improve health care delivery to
underserved populations because they transcend care access
limitations due to geography, socioeconomic status, trust of
traditional institutions, and more; and
WHEREAS, Clinical studies have shown significantly greater
odds of stimulant and opioid abstinence during treatment if
treatment as usual is combined with an FDA-authorized PDT that
has both cognitive behavioral therapy and contingency

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management; and
WHEREAS, A 2018 study demonstrated that when a Community
Reinforcement Approach and Contingency Management are
administered together then a patient is 2.84 times more likely
to remain abstinent at the end of the treatment than those in
other programs; and
WHEREAS, The White House's Office of National Drug Control
Policy recently released its 2022 National Drug Control
Strategy document; specifically, the document points to
prescription digital therapeutics and how these tools could
help increase services for a wide array of patients; and
WHEREAS, Federally-funded programs help many states to
fund access to FDA-authorized PDTs for patients and providers;
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we urge the Department of Human Services and the Governor's
Opioid Overdose Prevention and Recovery Steering Committee to
closely consider funding FDA-authorized PDTs to help patients
who are struggling with substance use and opioid use
disorders; and be it further

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RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
delivered to the Secretary of the Illinois Department of Human
Services.