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Legislator McCullough withdraws county requirement for field drug-test kits after staff review
Summary
A proposed Ulster County resolution to require high-quality field drug-test kits was withdrawn June 5 after county health officials said existing practices already meet many aims and will be reviewed to reduce risk of false positives.
Legislator McCullough withdrew a proposed resolution that would have required “high-quality” field drug-test kits for county-administered social service screenings during the Ulster County Health, Human Services and Human Rights Committee meeting on June 5.
McCullough told the committee she had spoken with county officials and that many of the measures sought by the resolution were already in practice. “I had a very nice conversation with Commissioner Iposito the other day, and everything that I want to achieve in this resolution, they pretty much do already,” McCullough said.
Commissioner Iposito told the committee those conversations prompted a productive review of current protocols. “We did have conversations … that made it possible for us to have the opportunity to revisit and review our protocols and processes around administering the drug tests and continuing to be very aware of potentially the consequences … when false positives are arrived at,” Iposito said.
Committee members thanked McCullough for initiating the discussion and agreed no immediate committee action was required. The chair noted the resolution was withdrawn and staff will continue reviewing testing protocols and the tests currently in use to reduce the risk of incorrect results.
The committee took no vote on the withdrawn resolution; staff follow-up and the outcome of the protocol review were identified as the next steps.
