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Wayne County to create 24/7 post‑overdose response team, opts into additional opioid settlement funds
Summary
The Wayne County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously April 21 to opt into a recent class‑action opioid distributor settlement and to authorize a three‑year, fully opioid‑funded post‑overdose response team staffed by four full‑time positions to respond 24/7 to overdoses and related behavioral‑health needs.
Wayne County commissioners unanimously voted April 21 to opt into a class‑action settlement with several opioid distributors and to authorize spending from those settlement proceeds to create a county post‑overdose response team.
The vote to opt into the distributor settlement met a May 4 deadline; staff said the local amount Wayne County will receive depends on how many local governments join the settlement. "We have until May 4th to opt into it," a county staff member said during the meeting.
The more significant decision authorized a three‑year pilot post‑overdose response team led by a paramedic embedded in EMS operations. "This position is going to hit the ground running," said Dave Cutterback, Wayne County EMS director, who outlined the program. He…
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