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Fiscal court approves opioid-settlement grants to Baptist Health LaGrange and county health department
Summary
The court approved $20,000 to Baptist Health LaGrange for Narcan distribution and an additional $4,620 to the Oldham County Health Department for staff training; the county will require reporting and an MOU to address eligibility risk for one seminar item.
The Oldham County Fiscal Court approved two allocations from opioid settlement funds at its Dec. 17 meeting: $20,000 to Baptist Health LaGrange for a Narcan distribution program and up to $4,620 to the Oldham County Health Department for training expenses.
Judge Executive David Vogel summarized the committee recommendation: $20,000 would support Baptist Health LaGrange’s “Leave It Behind” program, which the presenter described as providing 100 take-home Naloxone (Narcan) kits for EMS to leave with patients who refuse transport and 200 Narcan kits to be stocked and distributed from the hospital emergency department over 12 months. The presentation indicated the original handout contained incorrect totals (a $200,000 figure that was later corrected); committee members said the items requested total about $17,295 and recommended $20,000 to allow a cushion.
The court also approved $4,620 to the health department to send two employees to an illicit-drug seminar in Nashville in April 2025. The health department agreed to reimburse the county if the award were later ruled ineligible by grant rules. The committee also recommended funding for a medication-disposal program (referred to as “Remove the Risk”) that would provide disposal bags for household medications; the handout figures were unclear in the meeting transcript but committee members said the program was included in the overall recommendation.
A county official said participating organizations would be required to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and provide a report on distribution and use. A motion to award $20,000 to Baptist Health LaGrange and $4,620 to the health department was moved, seconded and approved by vocal affirmation.
