File #: 25-333    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 7/24/2025 In control: Health Committee
On agenda: Final action: 9/8/2025
Title: AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER REGARDING VIRTUAL REALITY FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT AND AMENDING THE 2025 ALBANY COUNTY BUDGET
Sponsors: Carolyn McLaughlin, Susan Pedo, Matthew J. Miller, Patrice Lockart
Attachments: 1. RLA Cover Letter for AMC1, 2. RLA Form 6726, 3. Budget Amendment_Albany Medical College1, 4. AMC No 1 RFP# 2025-084 VR, 5. Budget_6165usd, 6. Concurrence Letter for AMC1, 7. OSF Treatment Provider Mini-Grant Approval Letter, 8. 25-333 HEALTH - TMP-6726 - VR Mini Grant

RESOLUTION NO. 333

 

AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER REGARDING VIRTUAL REALITY FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT AND AMENDING THE 2025 ALBANY COUNTY BUDGET

 

                     Introduced: 9/8/25

By McLaughlin, Pedo, Miller and Lockart:

 

                     WHEREAS, The Director of the Department of Mental Health has requested authorization to enter into an agreement with Albany Medical Center regarding virtual reality for pain management in the amount of $6,165 for a one-year term, and

 

                     WHEREAS, The Director has also requested authorization to amend the 2025 Albany County Budget to appropriate the funding from the Opioid Settlement Fund, now, therefore, be it

 

                     RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature that the County Executive is authorized to enter into an agreement Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY 12208 regarding virtual reality for pain management in the amount of $6,165 for a one-year term, and, be it further

 

                     RESOLVED, That the 2025 Albany County Budget is amended as follows:

 

 

and, be it further

 

                     RESOLVED, That the County Attorney is authorized to approve said agreement as to form and content, and, be it further

 

                     RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the County Legislature is directed to forward certified copies of this resolution to the appropriate County Officials.