Bill Text: IL SR1184 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the Illinois Department of Public Health, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and all other relevant agencies and boards to examine the rise in opioid overdoses due to COVID-19. Urges the State of Illinois to increase access to naloxone.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SR1184 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR1184-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The combination of an opioid overdose crisis and | ||||||
| 3 | COVID-19 has created a situation in Illinois where epidemic | ||||||
| 4 | meets pandemic; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, A stay-at-home order has created a lack of | ||||||
| 6 | physical access to addiction support and harm reduction groups | ||||||
| 7 | during the COVID-19 epidemic; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Those unfortunate circumstances increase the risk | ||||||
| 9 | of overdose deaths in Illinois; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Social isolation is an additional mental health | ||||||
| 11 | and physical burden on people with substance abuse issues; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, During this time, there is a lack of healthcare | ||||||
| 13 | capacity as hospitals focus their priorities and resources on | ||||||
| 14 | treating thousands of COVID-19 patients; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, In addition, patients have limited availability | ||||||
| 16 | to see their doctors during COVID-19; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Currently, counties in Illinois are seeing a | ||||||
| 18 | significant increase in overdose deaths; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Many states are taking action to increase access | ||||||
| 2 | to naloxone; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Co-prescription of naloxone with high dose opioid | ||||||
| 4 | prescriptions has been approved in nine states, resulting in a | ||||||
| 5 | decrease in overdose deaths; therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 7 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Illinois Department | ||||||
| 8 | of Public Health (IDPH), the Illinois Department of Human | ||||||
| 9 | Services (IDHS), and all other relevant agencies and boards are | ||||||
| 10 | urged to examine the rise in opioid overdoses due to COVID-19; | ||||||
| 11 | and be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That the IDPH, the IDHS, and all other relevant | ||||||
| 13 | agencies and boards are urged to propose changes to | ||||||
| 14 | prescription rules to include co-prescription of opioid | ||||||
| 15 | antagonists such as naloxone to high risk groups as defined by | ||||||
| 16 | current CDC guidelines to increase access to naloxone; and be | ||||||
| 17 | it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That the State of Illinois is urged to approve | ||||||
| 19 | rules, policies, and legislation that would increase access to | ||||||
| 20 | naloxone and save the lives of those most at risk to overdose | ||||||
| 21 | during COVID-19.
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