Bill Text: IL HR0845 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urges the Office of the Comptroller to look into why funds for drug disposal drop-off boxes and mail back programs have yet to be released.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HR0845 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HR0845-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The opioid epidemic in Illinois and across the
country has headlined the news the past few years; and
WHEREAS, In Illinois alone, the Illinois Department of
Public Health reports that of the 2,278 deaths from drug
overdose in 2016, over 80% were from opioids, a 70% increase
from 2013 and a 32% increase from 2015; and
WHEREAS, While we have been aware of this problem, the
solution has remained elusive; and
WHEREAS, The legal and medical communities have sought to
combat the crisis by properly removing expired or unwanted
pills from the population through drug drop-off boxes and mail
back programs; and
WHEREAS, Both ways have seen initial success throughout a
number of states, but the drop-off boxes have been further
initiated than mail back programs here in Illinois, to the
point where some have been overflowing; and
WHEREAS, Pharmacies have started to install the boxes on
their own initiative, as a convenient location and alternative
for those who may fear using one in a police station; and

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WHEREAS, It may be costly or problematic to require these
boxes, but for those who would like to install one voluntarily,
over $281,000 has accrued in the Comptroller's Prescription
Pill and Drug Disposal Fund; and
WHEREAS, The changes adding drug disposal drop-off boxes
and mail-back programs to this fund were established under 20
ILCS 3930/9.3; and
WHEREAS, The Illinois Criminal Justice Information
Authority was charged with adopting rules and establishing
guidelines for grants by July 1, 2016, but no funds have been
released to date; and
WHEREAS, It would be in the best interest of the citizens
of Illinois to have these funds used for their intended
purposes; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
urge the Office of the Comptroller to look into why these funds
have yet to be released and work to release them as soon as may
be possible; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

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presented to the Office of the Comptroller.