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Meeting date/time:
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5/16/2018
9:00 AM
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Minutes status:
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Final
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Meeting location:
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Cook County Building, Board Room
118 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois
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18-3764
| 1 | | Health & Hospitals Committee minutes from the meeting of 4/24/2018 | Committee Minutes | COMMITTEE MINUTES
Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 4/24/2018 | approve | Pass |
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18-1650
| 1 | | TO ADOPT THE GOOD FOOD PURCHASING POLICY | Resolution | PROPOSED RESOLUTION
PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 18-1650
(Health and Hospitals Committee 5/16/2018)
PROPOSED RESOLUTION
Sponsored By: JESUS G. GARCIA, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, STANLEY MOORE and RICHARD R. BOYKIN and LUIS ARROYO JR, JOHN P. DALEY, DENNIS DEER, BRIDGET GAINER, GREGG GOSLIN, SEAN M. MORRISON, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, LARRY SUFFREDIN and JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI, County Commissioners
TO ADOPT THE GOOD FOOD PURCHASING POLICY
WHEREAS, Cook County strives to improve the health of all its residents through services and policies that promote health and well-being; and
WHEREAS, The Good Food Purchasing Program (GFPP) was developed in 2012 to encourage public institutions to procure food produced through values-driven purchasing standards and to support successful implementation through technical assistance and verification; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) recommended the creation of sustainable local food systems in its Go To 2040 Comprehensive Regional Plan; and
WHEREAS, The Cook County Commission | accept as substituted | Pass |
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18-1650
| 1 | | TO ADOPT THE GOOD FOOD PURCHASING POLICY | Resolution | PROPOSED RESOLUTION
PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 18-1650
(Health and Hospitals Committee 5/16/2018)
PROPOSED RESOLUTION
Sponsored By: JESUS G. GARCIA, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, STANLEY MOORE and RICHARD R. BOYKIN and LUIS ARROYO JR, JOHN P. DALEY, DENNIS DEER, BRIDGET GAINER, GREGG GOSLIN, SEAN M. MORRISON, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, LARRY SUFFREDIN and JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI, County Commissioners
TO ADOPT THE GOOD FOOD PURCHASING POLICY
WHEREAS, Cook County strives to improve the health of all its residents through services and policies that promote health and well-being; and
WHEREAS, The Good Food Purchasing Program (GFPP) was developed in 2012 to encourage public institutions to procure food produced through values-driven purchasing standards and to support successful implementation through technical assistance and verification; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) recommended the creation of sustainable local food systems in its Go To 2040 Comprehensive Regional Plan; and
WHEREAS, The Cook County Commission | recommend for approval as substituted | Pass |
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18-3444
| 1 | | URGING THE STATE OF ILLINOIS TO ENACT OPIOID PRESCRIPTION LIMITS | Resolution | PROPOSED RESOLUTION
URGING THE STATE OF ILLINOIS TO ENACT OPIOID PRESCRIPTION LIMITS
WHEREAS, the opioid epidemic in our country has risen to extreme levels, causing the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans, and billions of dollars in economic costs; and
WHEREAS, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in 2016 116 people died every day from opioid-related drug overdoses; and
WHEREAS, 42,249 people died from overdosing on opioids in that year alone; and
WHEREAS, of those deaths, 17,087 were the result of overdosing on commonly prescribed opioids; and
WHEREAS, the cost of these drugs totaled $504 billion in 2016; and
WHEREAS, most recently, the state of Florida passed a bill to combat this crisis by instituting prescription limits on opioids and increasing funding for treatment; and
WHEREAS, Florida will be the 25th state since 2016 that has passed legislation that imposes some limits or guidelines on opioid prescriptions, and only the 3rd to create statutory limits of three or four days for Schedule II painkillers like OxyContin and | suspend the rules | Pass |
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18-3444
| 1 | | URGING THE STATE OF ILLINOIS TO ENACT OPIOID PRESCRIPTION LIMITS | Resolution | PROPOSED RESOLUTION
URGING THE STATE OF ILLINOIS TO ENACT OPIOID PRESCRIPTION LIMITS
WHEREAS, the opioid epidemic in our country has risen to extreme levels, causing the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans, and billions of dollars in economic costs; and
WHEREAS, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in 2016 116 people died every day from opioid-related drug overdoses; and
WHEREAS, 42,249 people died from overdosing on opioids in that year alone; and
WHEREAS, of those deaths, 17,087 were the result of overdosing on commonly prescribed opioids; and
WHEREAS, the cost of these drugs totaled $504 billion in 2016; and
WHEREAS, most recently, the state of Florida passed a bill to combat this crisis by instituting prescription limits on opioids and increasing funding for treatment; and
WHEREAS, Florida will be the 25th state since 2016 that has passed legislation that imposes some limits or guidelines on opioid prescriptions, and only the 3rd to create statutory limits of three or four days for Schedule II painkillers like OxyContin and | recommend for approval | Pass |
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