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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Patrick J. Collins, Assistant Corporation Counsel
DATE: February 27, 2025
SUBJECT:
A Resolution approving the execution of an agreement with the Kane County Health Department for a Opioid Overdose Reversal Agent Vending Machine at the Aurora Transit Center (ATC).
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this item is to seek approval for the installation of a machine that will dispense free Opioid Overdose Reversal Agent at the ATC.
BACKGROUND:
The Kane County Health Department is a registered Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Program that is committed to reducing opioid overdose deaths in Kane County. Naloxone vending machines will allow broader access to opioid reversal nasal spray at no cost to the end user.
DISCUSSION:
As a result of the opioid epidemic, the Illinois Department of Public Health has issued the "Illinois Naloxone Standing Order" pursuant to the Substance Use Disorder Act (20 ILCS 301/5-23) and Executive Order 17-05. The Naloxone Standing Order authorizes Naloxone Entities to obtain and/or distribute Naloxone, and other harm reduction supplies to those who may assist an individual suffering opioid-related overdose. Naloxone Entities may include pharmacies, pharmacists, or Opioid Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Programs.
The Kane County Health Department has established an Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Program, which is registered with the Illinois Department of Human Service Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery's Drug Overdose Prevention Program. As a part of the Kane County Health Department Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Program, the Parties desire to work collaboratively to reduce overdose deaths in Kane County by allowing the Kane County Health Department to provide access to Naloxone in accordance with the Naloxone Standardized Procedure through the provision of a no cost vending machine located inside the City's facility.
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