Budget Amendment ID: FY2023-S4-513

EHS 513

Educational Outreach to Address the Rising Rates of Post Pandemic Sexual Health

Ms. Edwards moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, by adding the following:-

"XXXX-XXXX The Department of Health shall make available no less than $300,000 to Alosa Health to fund the operation of an educational outreach program (academic detailing) designed to provide information to physicians and other health care professionals, authorized to prescribe and dispense medications, that shall focus on providing evidence-based information regarding the rates, risks and preventions strategies of sexually transmitted infections (Chlamydia, Syphilis and Gonorrhea) and effective medication treatments for patients and their partners in Suffolk County."