Full Text of HR0650 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, Governor JB Pritzker's proposed FY25 budget | 3 | | includes a disheartening cut of close to $45 million to the | 4 | | Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery (SUPR) in | 5 | | appropriation authority compared to FY24; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, The proposed reduction includes a decrease of $15 | 7 | | million in general revenue funds (GRF), including a $3 million | 8 | | cut to addiction treatment for Medicaid eligible individuals, | 9 | | a $3 million cut to grants for addiction treatment to the | 10 | | Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS), and a $9 | 11 | | million cut to addiction treatment service grants; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, The proposed reduction in FY25 federal funds | 13 | | appropriations for substance abuse disorder treatment totals | 14 | | almost $33 million, including a reduction of $22 million for | 15 | | addiction treatment service grants and a $15 million reduction | 16 | | for addiction treatment, prevention, and related services | 17 | | grants; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, The Department of Human Services (DHS) has | 19 | | indicated that these reductions are due to excess | 20 | | appropriations authority and that the request fully funds the | 21 | | FY25 estimated liability, a liability that is the same as the | 22 | | FY24 estimated expenditures; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Our State is facing unprecedented numbers | 2 | | regarding overdoses, overdose deaths, and those living with | 3 | | addiction; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Since 2013, the Illinois Department of Public | 5 | | Health (DPH) has reported a 3,341% increase in synthetic | 6 | | opioid overdose deaths; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, are hundreds | 8 | | to thousands of times more toxic than heroin, and heroin and | 9 | | street drugs are often mixed with fentanyl; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, In 2022, there were 2.7 times more opioid deaths | 11 | | than car crash deaths and 2.5 times more opioid deaths than | 12 | | homicides; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Opioid use disorder is a public health crisis in | 14 | | the United States; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, The Governor's FY25 budget proposal states that | 16 | | the trend in the opioid epidemic "has evolved to an overdose | 17 | | crisis as the illicit drug market continues to change and the | 18 | | residual impacts from COVID-19 linger"; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, The Governor's FY25 budget proposal states that |
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| 1 | | "At the end of 2019, prior to the pandemic, there were 16,811 | 2 | | opioid related overdoses in Illinois, with 2,219, or 13.2 | 3 | | percent, being fatal"; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, The Governor's FY25 budget proposal states that | 5 | | "During calendar year 2022, there were 18,547 opioid-related | 6 | | overdoses. That same year, Illinois recorded 3,908 overall | 7 | | overdose deaths with 3,261 associated with any opioid, a | 8 | | staggering 83.4 percent"; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, The Governor's FY25 budget proposal also states | 10 | | that the "Illinois Department of Human Services Division of | 11 | | Substance Use Prevention and Recovery (DHS/SUPR) is firmly | 12 | | committed to addressing this issue through prevention, | 13 | | intervention, and treatment"; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, The above statistics shared by the Governor | 15 | | clearly demonstrate that Illinois is not doing enough to | 16 | | address the opioid epidemic that the residents in the State | 17 | | are facing; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, It is imperative for the Governor to direct DHS | 19 | | to expand the size and scope of SUPR to mitigate the damage | 20 | | caused by this epidemic; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Protecting residents of the State from the opioid |
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| 1 | | crisis and protecting other substance abuse related services | 2 | | should be prioritized over providing any additional funding | 3 | | for migrants or undocumented immigrants coming to Illinois; | 4 | | and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Unfortunately, the Governor's FY25 proposed | 6 | | budget for SUPR establishes the same level of inadequate | 7 | | treatment provided in FY24, despite what appears to be an | 8 | | upward trend in opioid overdoses and deaths; therefore, be it | 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 10 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 | | we urge Governor JB Pritzker and the Department of Human | 12 | | Services (DHS) to restore the proposed cuts to substance abuse | 13 | | and treatment; and be it further | 14 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 15 | | provided to Governor Pritzker and the DHS Secretary Dulce | 16 | | Quintaro. |
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