City of Philadelphia - File #: 160940

• File #: 160940
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 10/20/2016
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 10/27/2016
• Title: Urging the President of the United States and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to halt implementation of the New 15-Day limit on Medicaid Coverage for addiction treatment in Residential Addiction Treatment Programs with more than 16 beds.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Oh, Councilmember Taubenberger, Councilmember Domb, Councilmember Henon, Councilmember Bass, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember Green, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Parker, Councilmember Squilla, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Gym

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/27/2016	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
10/20/2016	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar	Pass
10/13/2016	0	CITY COUNCIL	RECONSIDERED

Title
Urging the President of the United States and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to halt implementation of the New 15-Day limit on Medicaid Coverage for addiction treatment in Residential Addiction Treatment Programs with more than 16 beds.
Body
WHEREAS, According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3,662 Pennsylvanians lost their lives to preventable drug and alcohol related deaths in 2014; and

WHEREAS, One in four families is directly affected by a family member with an alcohol or drug problem; and

WHEREAS, According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse in 2012, untreated addiction costs the United States an estimated $428 billion each year in loss of productivity, alcohol and drug related illnesses and health care, crashes, incarcerations, court, and other enforcement provisions; and

WHEREAS, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's share of the annual cost of untreated addiction is an estimated $21 billion; and

WHEREAS, According to a 1993 report by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, one in every five dollars spent by Medicaid in hospitals is attributed to untreated drug and alcohol addiction; and

WHEREAS, According to a 1995 report by the National Institute of Justice, 80% to 90% of all crime in the United States is related to drug or alcohol addiction; and

WHEREAS, According to the National Survey of Substance Abuse in 2013, 88% of patients receiving inpatient addiction treatment receive treatment in a residential, nonhospital setting; and

WHEREAS, Also in 2013, 70% of patients receiving addiction treatment in residential settings remained there for more than 30 days; and

WHEREAS, A new rule from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services will limit Federal Medicaid match to 15 days a month; and

WHEREAS, This rule will severely damage the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the City of Philadelphia's ability to address the heroin and opioid addiction epi...