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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Substance abuse has, for many years, been a | ||||||
| 3 | significant problem among homeless persons; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Meeting the needs of homeless persons with | ||||||
| 5 | substance abuse problems presents unique challenges; | ||||||
| 6 | therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 8 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 9 | the Department of Human Services' Office of Alcoholism and | ||||||
| 10 | Substance Abuse shall develop a plan for the treatment of | ||||||
| 11 | substance abuse among homeless persons; in developing the plan | ||||||
| 12 | for the treatment of substance abuse among homeless persons, | ||||||
| 13 | the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse shall assess the | ||||||
| 14 | need for short term residential services, acute treatment | ||||||
| 15 | services, transitional support services, outpatient services, | ||||||
| 16 | day treatment services, long term residential services, | ||||||
| 17 | supportive housing services, and any other needed services; and | ||||||
| 18 | be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse | ||||||
| 20 | shall obtain any needed information and assistance from the | ||||||
| 21 | Department of Human Services and other State agencies as may be | ||||||
| 22 | necessary to develop the plan, and other State agencies shall | ||||||
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| 1 | provide such information and assistance upon the Office's | ||||||
| 2 | request; and be it further | ||||||
| 3 | RESOLVED, That the Office's plan shall include, but need | ||||||
| 4 | not be limited to, the following: | ||||||
| 5 | (1) an estimate of the number of homeless persons in | ||||||
| 6 | need of substance abuse services, with information on the | ||||||
| 7 | number of persons in the various geographic areas of this | ||||||
| 8 | State; | ||||||
| 9 | (2) an assessment of the services currently in place in | ||||||
| 10 | the various geographic areas of this State and the adequacy | ||||||
| 11 | of those services in meeting the substance abuse service | ||||||
| 12 | needs of homeless persons; | ||||||
| 13 | (3) an estimate of the additional services needed in | ||||||
| 14 | the various geographic areas of this State to address the | ||||||
| 15 | currently unmet substance abuse service needs of homeless | ||||||
| 16 | persons; | ||||||
| 17 | (4) a timetable for addressing the currently unmet | ||||||
| 18 | substance abuse service needs of homeless persons; and | ||||||
| 19 | (5) such other
information as the Office deems
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| 20 | appropriate; and be it further | ||||||
| 21 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of Human Services shall submit | ||||||
| 22 | the plan to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than | ||||||
| 23 | 6 months after the adoption of this resolution; and be it | ||||||
| 24 | further | ||||||
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | delivered to the Secretary of Human Services.
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