SJ 282 — Substance-Exposed Infant Awareness Week.

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282 Offered January 11, 2017 Prefiled January 10, 2017 Designating the first week of July, in 2017 and in each succeeding year, as Substance-Exposed Infant Awareness Week in Virginia.

---------- Patrons-- Dunnavant, Ebbin, Favola, McPike, Spruill and Wexton;

Delegates:

Austin, Bell, John J., Bell, Richard P., Byron, Carr, Cole, Fariss, Freitas, Greason, Heretick, Herring, Hope, Kory, Krizek, Lindsey, Mullin, O'Bannon, Pillion, Price, Rasoul, Stolle, Ware, Watts and Webert ---------- Referred to Committee on Rules ---------- WHEREAS, abuse of and dependence on prescription painkillers, heroin, and other opioids have led to an opioid epidemic across the Commonwealth and throughout the nation;

and WHEREAS, prenatal exposure to opioids may cause infants to be born with an opioid dependency condition called Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS);

and WHEREAS, babies born with NAS may experience irritability, low birth weight, respiratory conditions, tremors, seizures, feeding difficulties, and other health-related challenges;

and WHEREAS, the rate of opioid abuse and dependence among pregnant women at time of delivery rose by 910 percent between 2004 and 2014, resulting in five infants per day being born drug dependent;

and WHEREAS, the Virginia Department of Health recorded 493 cases of NAS in 2013, an increase of nearly 100 cases over the previous year and an increase of more than 400 cases over 1999;

and WHEREAS, prevention, education, public awareness, and knowledge of available treatment resources are crucial to reducing the physical, social, and economic impact of NAS;

and WHEREAS, the Commonwealth is committed to fighting substance abuse and dependence and promoting safe environments and the compassionate care necessary to give every newborn the best possible start in life;

in November 2016, the Virginia Department of Health declared that the opioid addiction crisis is a public health emergency in Virginia;

now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly designate the first week of July, in 2017 and in each succeeding year, as Substance-Exposed Infant Awareness Week in Virginia;

and, be it RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit a copy of this resolution to the Virginia Department of Health so that members of the department may be apprised of the sense of the General Assembly of Virginia in this matter;

and, be it RESOLVED FINALLY, That the Clerk of the Senate post the designation of this week on the General Assembly’s website.