Adopting the report issued by Council’s Public Health and Human Services Committee with Findings and Recommendations to Address Philadelphia’s Heroin Epidemic.
Sponsors: Councilmember Bass, Councilmember Oh, Councilmember Squilla, Councilmember Gym
RESOLUTION NO. 161084
Introduced December 1, 2016
Councilmembers Bass, Oh, Squilla and Gym
Adopting the report issued by Council’s Public Health and Human Services Committee
with Findings and Recommendations to Address Philadelphia’s Heroin Epidemic.
WHEREAS, Resolution 160052 (adopted January 21, 2016) authorized Council’s
Public Health and Human Services Committee to hold hearings pursuant to City
Council’s declaration of 2016 as “The Year to Combat The Heroin Abuse Epidemic in
Philadelphia” to explore the serious effects that heroin abuse is having on our
communities and to develop a strategy with the Department of Behavioral Health and
Intellectual disAbility Services to effectively address the heroin Epidemic as an urgent
local health priority; and
WHEREAS, On May 20, 2016, Council’s Public Health and Human Services Committee
held a hearing authorized by Resolution 160052; and
WHEREAS, On November 16, 2016, the Public Health and Human Services Committee
met, adopted a final report, and issued the report to the full Council; and
WHEREAS, The Council as a whole now wishes to adopt the report issued by the Public
Health and Humans Services Committee; therefore, be it