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Board OKs up to $25,000 in opioid settlement funds for local clinicians to train as psychiatry trainers
Summary
Supervisors approved allocation of up to $25,000 from opioid settlement dollars to fund Mercy Medical Center participants in a UC Irvine primary care psychiatry train‑the‑trainer fellowship. County staff said opioid settlement funds can be used to address substance use and related mental health workforce shortages.
The board unanimously approved a request to direct up to $25,000 in opioid settlement money to Mercy Medical Center to support participation in the University of California, Irvine Primary Care Psychiatry Train‑the‑Trainer fellowship. Deputy CEO Anne Bertain said the fellowship trains frontline clinicians to diagnose and treat mental health conditions including substance use disorder and prepares participants to train additional providers in the county.
Bertain updated the board that the county’s cumulative opioid settlement receipts, including interest, total about $14.1 million as of late last week. She said the proposed fellowship funding is an allowable opioid settlement expenditure because it builds local capacity to treat substance use and behavioral health conditions.
The board voted 5‑0 to direct the funding and encouraged Mercy and county health partners to continue coordinating wider workforce and treatment investments with the settlement dollars.
