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Adopting the report issued by Council's Public Health and Human Services Committee with Findings and Recommendations to Address Philadelphia's Heroin Epidemic.

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Status
Adopted
Type
Resolution
Introduced
December 1, 2016
Sponsors
Cindy BassCOCouncilmember OhMark SquillaCGCouncilmember Gym

Full Bill

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

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

, that the report issued by Council’s Public Health and Human Services Committee on November 17, 2016 (Attached as Exhibit “A”) is hereby adopted.

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  1. Council ActionCITY COUNCIL

    ADOPTED

    Other recorded action without a published tally.

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  2. UnanimousCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar

    Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

    Pass
    Official action detail

    A motion was made by Councilmember Bass that this matter be Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar. The motion carried unanimously.

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