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Commissioners note resolution to allow opioid-use-disorder medications in county correctional facility
Summary
Commissioner Sullivan referenced Resolution 54-25, which authorizes the corrections rehabilitation center to provide inmates pharmaceuticals for treatment of opioid use disorder; the item was on the board's consent agenda and Commissioners discussed it in committee reports.
During committee reports at the Bergen County Board of Commissioners meeting, Commissioner Sullivan said the board addressed Resolution 54-25 permitting the corrections rehabilitation center to provide pharmaceuticals to inmates for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment.
Commissioner Sullivan, speaking during his remarks, said the measure "is an issue very close to my heart" and described efforts by the county to expand treatment options. He said the board, along with Commissioner Zork, had acted on the resolution to allow the corrections rehabilitation center to provide such pharmaceuticals.
The meeting record shows a larger set of resolutions (numbers 484-25 through 574-25) were placed on the consent agenda and approved by roll call earlier in the meeting. The clerk recorded the consent agenda adoption with seven yes votes.
Why this matters: authorizing medications for opioid use disorder within a corrections setting expands clinical options for incarcerated individuals diagnosed with OUD. Medication treatment in jails and prisons is recognized by public-health authorities as an evidence-based practice to reduce overdose risk and support recovery, but local implementation requires policy, clinical protocols, and procurement.
The meeting transcript does not include the full text of Resolution 54-25 in the hearing record shown here; it was referenced during commissioners’ remarks and appears to have been included in the consent agenda that the board approved.
