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Ulster County moves to access state overdose data and funds recovery housing, using opioid settlement dollars
Summary
The committee approved a five-year data-use agreement with New York State Department of Health for overdose data and adopted contracts to fund peer-run Oxford House recovery homes and supported housing services, financed by opioid settlement and state aid.
Ulster County's Health, Human Services & Human Rights Committee on June 5 voted to sign a five-year data use agreement with the New York State Department of Health to access state overdose data and approved contracts to expand recovery and supported housing.
Commissioner McDonald, Department of Mental Health, told the committee the state DOH database will provide more accurate county-level overdose information at no cost. "We're looking for the term to be 5 years," McDonald said. She said county and state…
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