An agreement has been made to provide county inmates with naloxone upon their release.
Before the Worcester County Commissioners this week was a request to create a Memorandum of Understanding between the county and the Worcester County Health Department that would allow Worcester County Jail personnel to be provided naloxone by the health department to disburse to “at-risk inmates” upon their release.
The commissioners unanimously approved (with Commissioner Joe Mitrecic absent) the matter without discussion at the June 18 meeting as part of its consent agenda. The request allows the county to meet the upcoming deadline outlined in the STOP Act of 2022 (Statewide Targeted Overdose Response).
In his letter included in the county meeting packet, Worcester County Jail Warden Timothy Mulligan said, “The STOP Act of 2022 requires certain providers to offer naloxone to people at risk of witnessing or experiencing an overdose.”