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File #: RS2026-1832   
Type: Resolution Status: Resolution
File created: 3/6/2026 In control: Metropolitan Council
On agenda: 3/17/2026 Final action:
Title: A resolution approving a memorandum of understanding between The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center to establish emergency worksite Points of Dispensing medication during a public health emergency and to provide licensed medical employees and other licensed medical professionals specified by the POD with mass prophylaxis for distribution in the event of a public health emergency.
Sponsors: Jordan Huffman, Brenda Gadd, Olivia Hill, Sandy Ewing
Attachments: 1. MOU
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A resolution approving a memorandum of understanding between The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center to establish emergency worksite Points of Dispensing medication during a public health emergency and to provide licensed medical employees and other licensed medical professionals specified by the POD with mass prophylaxis for distribution in the event of a public health emergency.
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WHEREAS, Metropolitan Charter Section 10.104 provides that the Metropolitan Board of Health has the duty to contract for such services as will further the program and policies of the Board, subject to confirmation by Resolution of Council; and,
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Board of Health and Vanderbilt University Medical Center wish to enter into a memorandum of understanding to establish emergency worksite Points of Dispensing medication (POD) during a public health emergency and to provide licensed medical employees and other licensed medical professionals specified by the POD with mass prophylaxis for distribution in the event of a public health emergency; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that this memorandum of understanding be approved.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That the memorandum of understanding by and between Vanderbilt University Medical Center and The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, to establish emergency worksite Points of Dispensing medication (POD) during a public health emergency and to provide licensed medical employees and other licensed medical professionals specified by the POD with mass prophylaxis for distribution in the event of a public health emergency, a copy of which is attached ...

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