Bill Text: IL HR0131 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Supports mandating a statewide standard that requires all Illinois counties to provide Medication-Assisted Treatment medications to individuals under their jurisdiction requiring such services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-12 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons [HR0131 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HR0131-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, In 2017, the opioid crisis was declared a | ||||||
3 | national public health emergency; and
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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
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8 | WHEREAS, The criminal justice system has felt the impact | ||||||
9 | of this epidemic; and
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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8 | WHEREAS, Court action has won Medication-Assisted | ||||||
9 | Treatment rights for inmates in Maine and Massachusetts; and
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10 | WHEREAS, The Cook County Jail has provided | ||||||
11 | Medication-Assisted Treatment medications to inmates for | ||||||
12 | approximately three years; and
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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
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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
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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
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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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