File #: 25-342    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 7/30/2025 In control: Health Committee
On agenda: Final action: 9/8/2025
Title: AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH REGARDING THE EXPANSION OF CERTIFIED PEER CAPACITY AND AMENDING THE 2025 DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH BUDGET
Sponsors: Carolyn McLaughlin, Susan Pedo, Matthew J. Miller, Patrice Lockart
Attachments: 1. TMP-6750 Permission to Allocate OMH Funding Cover Letter to Legislature, 2. RLA Form 6750, 3. TMP-6750 Cover Sheet, 4. TMP-6750 Allocate OMH Funding Budget Amendment, 5. TMP-6750 Peer Capacity OMH Approval, 6. 25-342 HEALTH - TMP-6750 - Certified Peer Capacity

RESOLUTION NO. 342

 

AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH REGARDING THE EXPANSION OF CERTIFIED PEER CAPACITY AND AMENDING THE 2025 DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH 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 the New York State Office of Mental Health regarding the expansion of Certified Peer Capacity in the amount of $5,330, and

 

                     WHEREAS, The Director has also requested authorization to amend the 2025 Department of Mental Health Budget to incorporate the funding, be it

 

                     RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature that the County Executive is authorized to enter into an agreement with the New York State Office of Mental Health regarding the expansion of Certified Peer Capacity in the amount of $5,330, and, be it further

 

                     RESOLVED, That the 2025 Department of Mental Health 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.