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Board advances second readings, administration explains opioid‑antagonist policy
Summary
Trustees moved multiple policy second readings forward, including a policy to provide guidance on the use and storage of opioid antagonists in overdose situations; administrators said the policy sets procedures for availability and handling.
During its policy review, the board advanced second readings for several policies, among them a policy addressing opioid antagonists.
A trustee asked for an explanation of the opioid‑antagonist policy. An administrator said the policy provides guidance for responding to opioid overdoses or exposures and for maintaining antagonists so they are available when needed. "This gives us the ability to address those with antagonists that are supposed to counteract," the administrator said, adding the policy implements guidance on when and how to use and store the antagonists.
Trustees placed the policy second readings on the agenda with no recorded objections; no formal adoption vote was recorded in the meeting transcript during the evening session.
What happens next: the policies will move forward as second readings; trustees did not record a final adoption vote at this meeting.
