SUPPORT-OPIOID CRISIS PROGRAMS House SponsorsRep. Maurice A. West, II-Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez-Joyce Mason-Patrick Windhorst-Maura Hirschauer, William "Will" Davis, Theresa Mah, Ryan Spain, Dagmara Avelar, Matt Hanson, Sue Scherer, Justin Slaughter, Travis Weaver and Harry Benton 1/7/2025HouseSession Sine Die Supports home-visiting and Early Intervention programs as an essential component of our State's multifaceted approach to the opioid crisis, helping remediate many of its corrosive impacts on young children, their parents, and families, while also assisting efforts at preventing children from future struggles with substance use disorders of their own. Affirms these vital birth-to-3 services are a top priority for increased public resources, to strengthen their quality and extend their reach to more of the children, parents, and families who could benefit from them, particularly in communities of greatest need and those hit hardest by the opioid epidemic. Affirms home-visiting and Early Intervention services are an appropriate and necessary use for some of the hundreds of millions of funding coming to Illinois from the settlement of lawsuits against opioid makers and distributors, initiatives that can help meet the settlements' stated aims of boosting opioid remediation, treatment, and prevention. 2/1/2023HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II 2/1/2023HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez 2/2/2023HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. William "Will" Davis 2/3/2023HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah 2/3/2023HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Ryan Spain 2/3/2023HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason 2/7/2023HouseReferred to Rules Committee 2/8/2023HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Windhorst 2/8/2023HouseChief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Patrick Windhorst 2/15/2023HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar 2/21/2023HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson 2/22/2023HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer 2/22/2023HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter 2/22/2023HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Travis Weaver 2/23/2023HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton 3/7/2023HouseAssigned to Appropriations-Health & Human Services Committee 3/23/2023HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer 6/26/2023HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 1/7/2025HouseSession Sine Die