Bill Text: WV HCR132 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to conduct a study to consider the Icelandic Model for substance use prevention
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-03-07 - Communicated to Senate [HCR132 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2020-HCR132-Introduced.html
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 132
(By Delegates Hill and Pack)
[Introduced March 2, 2020]
Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to conduct a study to consider the Icelandic Model for substance use prevention for adolescents throughout the State of West Virginia.
Whereas, West Virginia currently has the highest age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths involving opioids; and
Whereas, West Virginia’s children and adolescents are the most vulnerable witnesses of the state’s drug crisis; and
Whereas, The Icelandic Model is a theoretically grounded, evidence-based approach to community adolescent substance use prevention that has grown out of collaboration between policy makers, behavioral scientists, field-based practitioners, and community residents; and
Whereas, The intervention focuses on reducing known risk factors for substance use, while strengthening a broad range of parental, school, and community protective factors; and
Whereas, Data suggests that the Icelandic adolescent substance use prevention approach successfully strengthened a broad range of parental, school, and community protective factors; and
Whereas, A growing body of research underscores the importance of the peer group and organization of adolescent leisure activities in the formation of adolescent society and lifestyle; and
Whereas, The Icelandic Model is currently being piloted in Wyoming and Fayette Counties; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Joint Committee on Government and Finance conduct a study to better understand the potential that the Icelandic Model could have in addressing the critical need for substance use prevention for adolescents of West Virginia, and to conduct a comparative analysis of the effects of the pilot program in Wyoming and Fayette Counties; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Joint Committee on Government and Finance report to the regular session of the Legislature, 2021, on its findings, conclusions, and recommendations, together with drafts of any legislation necessary to effectuate its recommendations; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the expenses necessary to conduct a study, prepare reports, and draft necessary legislation be paid from legislative appropriations to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance.
