IL HR0131

Supports mandating a statewide standard requiring all Illinois counties to provide Medication-Assisted Treatment medications to individuals in their custody who need such services.

Documents that 75 percent of formerly incarcerated individuals with opioid use disorders relapse within 3 months of release, and 40-50 percent are arrested for new crimes within the first year.

Notes that Medication-Assisted Treatment using buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone combined with counseling and behavioral therapy relieves withdrawal symptoms and psychological cravings.

Cites examples of Cook County Jail successfully providing these medications for approximately three years, while DuPage County Jail's policy against providing them resulted in at least two inmate overdose deaths after release.

Directs copies of the resolution to the Governor, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Public Health, Illinois Department of Healthcare and Families, Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Illinois County Sheriffs' Association.