Behavioral health advocates ‘shocked and dismayed’ drug program being cut – Center Square

At $52.7 billion, Gov. JB Pritzker’s spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1 would spend the most of any previous state budget. But documents from the governor’s office show the line item for Addiction Treatment, Prevention, and Related Services was $71.5 million for fiscal year 2024; for fiscal 2025’s proposed plan, that line item is $56.5 million. For Addiction Treatment Services, last year’s budget appropriated $107.1 million; for fiscal 2025, that line item is $85 million