RESOLUTION NO. 207
AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH NEW YORK OFFICE OF ADDICTIONS SERVICES AND SUPPORTS REGARDING MEDICAL ASSISTED TREATMENT SERVICES AT THE ALBANY COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AND AMENDING THE 2020 ALBANY COUNTY BUDGET
Introduced: 6/8/20
By Audit and Finance Committee:
WHEREAS, The Director of the Department of Mental Health has requested authorization to enter into an agreement with OASAS (Office of Addictions Services and Supports) regarding the Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) program at the Albany County Corrections Facility in the amount of $50,000, and for a term commencing January 1, 2020 and ending December 31, 2020, and
WHEREAS, The Director indicated that the MAT program allows individuals entering the Correctional Facility who have been prescribed medications to continue treatment through release, and that that this amount of OASAS funding was specifically earmarked to cover the cost of such medications, and
WHEREAS, The Director has requested a budget amendment in order to accept the $50,000 in funding regarding the Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) program, now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature, that the County Executive is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with OASAS (Office of Addictions Services and Supports) regarding the Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) program at the Albany County Corrections Facility in the amount of $50,000, and for a term commencing January 1, 2020 and ending December 31, 2020, and
RESOLVED, That the 2020 Albany County Budget is hereby amended as follows:
Increase Revenue Account A4486 Narcotics Addiction Control by $50,000
Increase Appropriation Account A4230.4 by $50,000 by increasing line item 4230 4 4999 Misc. Contractual Expenses by $50,000
and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the County Attorney is authorized to approve said agreement as to form and content, and, be it ...
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