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Health commissioner says service assessment needed before opioid-settlement funds could cover building purchase in Burlington
Summary
Dr. Hildebrandt told a legislative committee the original opioid-settlement appropriation did not contemplate purchasing a building but did not explicitly exclude it; the Department of Health said a service assessment and insurance would be required before funds could be used for property costs.
The Department of Health told a legislative committee that any use of opioid-settlement grant funds to purchase a building for an overdose prevention center would require additional administrative steps, including a facility service assessment and appropriate insurance documentation.
Dr. Hildebrandt, commissioner of the Department of Health, said the legislature instructed the agency to serve as grant administrator and not to act as decision-maker for subgrantee program choices. "When the appropriation was first made...we shouldn't be in a sort of decision making capacity in this...grant," the commissioner said, and added that purchasing a…
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