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Boyle County health director updates court on harm reduction, naloxone distribution and retirement liability
Summary
Health department reported steady tax rate, continued distribution of Narcan and test strips to address fentanyl and xylazine, and a long-term Kentucky Retirement liability; court acknowledged the report.
Brent Levins, Boyle County public health director, told the fiscal court Wednesday that the health department’s tax rate will remain unchanged and reviewed the department’s harm-reduction work, ongoing retirement liability and other public-health programs.
Levins said the county’s tax rate will remain at the current level and said the health department continues to track about 204 reportable diseases on its surveillance list. He described harm-reduction efforts aimed at mitigating overdoses and related harms from fentanyl and xylazine, and he said the…
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