Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 15 CHAPTER 16 Relative to Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month. [ Filed with Secretary of State March 04, 2025. ] LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSCR 15, Umberg. Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month.This measure would proclaim January as Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO Bill Text WHEREAS, Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the United States; andWHEREAS, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines drug overdose as a trauma to the body that happens when a drug is taken in excessive amounts; andWHEREAS, Addiction to opioids is driving the majority of accidental deaths in the United States; andWHEREAS, In 2023, 105,007 deaths due to drug overdose occurred in the United States; andWHEREAS, 7,000 Californians died from opioid-related overdoses in 2022; andWHEREAS, The opioid crisis has devastated communities in California, which has prompted an urgent discussion about the risks of addiction associated with overreliance on prescription medication for pain management; andWHEREAS, There is need to ensure patient access to safe and effective pain management treatment and the need to support physicians providing this treatment; andWHEREAS, Awareness of, and access to, nonopioid pharmacological treatment for pain management is vitally important to Californias efforts to combat the opioid crisis and should be considered by physicians to address a patients pain; andWHEREAS, The proliferation of sober living homes and substance use disorder treatment facilities, particularly in Southern Californias Rehab Riviera, has raised concerns about the quality of care and regulatory oversight of such facilities; and now, therefore, be itResolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Senate declares January as Substance Use Disorder Month; and be it furtherResolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 15 CHAPTER 16 Relative to Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month. [ Filed with Secretary of State March 04, 2025. ] LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSCR 15, Umberg. Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month.This measure would proclaim January as Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 15 CHAPTER 16
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 15
CHAPTER 16
Relative to Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month.
[ Filed with Secretary of State March 04, 2025. ]
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 15, Umberg. Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month.
This measure would proclaim January as Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month.
This measure would proclaim January as Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
WHEREAS, Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the United States; and
WHEREAS, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines drug overdose as a trauma to the body that happens when a drug is taken in excessive amounts; and
WHEREAS, Addiction to opioids is driving the majority of accidental deaths in the United States; and
WHEREAS, In 2023, 105,007 deaths due to drug overdose occurred in the United States; and
WHEREAS, 7,000 Californians died from opioid-related overdoses in 2022; and
WHEREAS, The opioid crisis has devastated communities in California, which has prompted an urgent discussion about the risks of addiction associated with overreliance on prescription medication for pain management; and
WHEREAS, There is need to ensure patient access to safe and effective pain management treatment and the need to support physicians providing this treatment; and
WHEREAS, Awareness of, and access to, nonopioid pharmacological treatment for pain management is vitally important to Californias efforts to combat the opioid crisis and should be considered by physicians to address a patients pain; and
WHEREAS, The proliferation of sober living homes and substance use disorder treatment facilities, particularly in Southern Californias Rehab Riviera, has raised concerns about the quality of care and regulatory oversight of such facilities; and now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Senate declares January as Substance Use Disorder Month; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.