Board approves medication and paternity policy updates, clarifies testing fee

Sep 9, 2026

The health board approved redlined changes to a medication-assistance policy and confirmed the paternity testing swab service (handled via LabCorp) would continue with a $15 fee for staff swabbing; job-language clarifications were approved by voice vote.

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The Director presented two policy updates for review: medication assistance and a paternity testing policy. On the medication policy she explained the redlined additions and removals to clarify when staff can assist clients setting up medications: "The red would be our what we would like to propose and the yellow would be to remove," the Director said while pointing to packet markups.

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