File #: 25-334    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 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PAIN MANAGEMENT RESEARCH AND AMENDING THE 2025 ALBANY COUNTY BUDGET
Sponsors: Carolyn McLaughlin, Susan Pedo, Matthew J. Miller, Patrice Lockart
Attachments: 1. RLA Cover Letter for AMC2, 2. RLA Form 6728, 3. Budget Amendment_Albany Medical College2, 4. AMC No 2 RFP# 2025-084 Mini-Grant Oral Ketamine and Bup, 5. Budget_14809usd Pricing, 6. Concurrence Letter for AMC2, 7. OSF Treatment Provider Mini-Grant Approval Letter, 8. 25-334 HEALTH - TMP-6728 - Ketamine Mini Grant

RESOLUTION NO. 334

 

AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER REGARDING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PAIN MANAGEMENT RESEARCH 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 research on the use of oral ketamine and buprenorphine for pain management at the Albany Medical Center Emergency Department in the amount of $14,809 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 with Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY 12208 regarding research on the use of oral ketamine and buprenorphine for pain management at the Albany Medical Center Emergency Department in the amount of $14,809 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.