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Weber County approves jail medication-assisted treatment program with Weber Human Services
Summary
The Weber County Commission on March 18 approved a memorandum of understanding with Weber Human Services to provide medication-assisted treatment (MAT) in the county correctional facility, including one full-time registered nurse and one case manager peer support specialist funded in part by state and county opioid settlement funds.
Weber County commissioners on March 18 approved a memorandum of understanding with Weber Human Services to provide medication-assisted treatment, or MAT, inside the county correctional facility. The agreement funds one full-time registered nurse to manage MAT services and one case manager peer support specialist to provide education about MAT and link people leaving jail to services in the community.
The commission approved the MOU after Chief Philip Rees of the Weber County Sheriff’s Office described the program as the product of an 18-month effort and said the agreement draws on both state and county opioid…
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