Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 23-0523

• File #: 23-0523
• Version: 2
• Name: ASSESS NEEDS AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDED BY COOK COUNTY
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Approved
• File created: 12/9/2022
• In control: Health & Hospitals Committee
• On agenda: 12/15/2022
• Final action: 2/9/2023
• Title: PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 23-0523 (Health and Hospitals Committee 2-7-2023) PROPOSED RESOLUTION RESOLUTION TO ASSESS NEEDS AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDED BY COOK COUNTY GOVERNMENT WHEREAS, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) defines behavioral health as the promotion of mental health, emotional, psychological, and social well-being and resilience; the treatment of mental and substance use disorders; and the support of those who experience and/or are in recovery from these conditions, along with their families and communities; and WHEREAS, an Illinois Department of Public Health report from 2015 identified that behavioral health visits to Illinois emergency departments (ED) were growing faster than any other category of care offered through Illinois EDs; and WHEREAS, the Illinois Department of Public Health's Illinois Healthcare Report Card of 2018 has reported that residents of Cook County had...
• Sponsors: ALMA E. ANAYA, DENNIS DEER, KEVIN B. MORRISON, FRANK J. AGUILAR, SCOTT R. BRITTON, JOHN P. DALEY, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BILL LOWRY, DONNA MILLER, JOSINA MORITA, SEAN M. MORRISON, ANTHONY J. QUEZADA, MONICA GORDON, MAGGIE TREVOR, STANLEY MOORE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
2/9/2023	1	Board of Commissioners	approve as substituted	Pass
2/7/2023	1	Health & Hospitals Committee	accept as substituted	Pass
2/7/2023	1	Health & Hospitals Committee	recommend for approval as substituted	Pass
1/24/2023	1	Health & Hospitals Committee	recommend for deferral	Pass
12/15/2022	1	Board of Commissioners	refer	Pass

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PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 23-0523
(Health and Hospitals Committee 2-7-2023)

PROPOSED RESOLUTION

RESOLUTION TO ASSESS NEEDS AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDED BY COOK COUNTY GOVERNMENT

WHEREAS, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) defines behavioral health as the promotion of mental health, emotional, psychological, and social well-being and resilience; the treatment of mental and substance use disorders; and the support of those who experience and/or are in recovery from these conditions, along with their families and communities; and

WHEREAS, an Illinois Department of Public Health report from 2015 identified that behavioral health visits to Illinois emergency departments (ED) were growing faster than any other category of care offered through Illinois EDs; and

WHEREAS, the Illinois Department of Public Health's Illinois Healthcare Report Card of 2018 has reported that residents of Cook County had an average of 4.1 mentally unhealthy days per month; and

WHEREAS, the same report showed a health disparity in which African Americans face a greater risk of relying on emergency departments to access behavioral health care, with 1.67 times more visits than whites; and

WHEREAS, according to a 2016 survey of behavioral health facilities conducted by the Chicago Department of Public Health 79% of publicly available behavioral health agencies reported unmet mental health needs and 61% reported unmet substance-use-related needs; and

WHEREAS, a 2019 report from the Alliance for Health Equity identified "quality" as the greatest overarching need for behavioral health services in Cook County; and

WHEREAS, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic 31.3% of adults in Illinois reported symptoms of anxiety and/or depressive disorder, compared to 31.6% of adults in the U.S; and

WHEREAS, according to Children's Hospital of Chicago, 44% of Chicago children experienced an increase in ...