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Committee authorizes $292,672 emergency appropriation to sustain health-department substance-use services

Health and Community Services Committee (Lake County) · April 7, 2026
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Summary

Lake County authorized a $292,672 emergency appropriation from opioid-settlement funds to the Health Department to cover a state funding gap and prevent placing uninsured clients on wait lists for outpatient, withdrawal management and residential treatment services.

Ruth Ann Hall, assistant county administrator, presented a joint resolution asking the committee to authorize an emergency appropriation of $292,672 from Lake County opioid settlement funds to the Lake County Health Department Behavioral Health Services Division to stabilize and sustain services for uninsured residents.

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