Health  
Meeting Agenda  
800 Michaelian Office Bldg.  
148 Martine Avenue, 8th Floor  
White Plains, NY 10601  
www.westchesterlegislators.com  
Committee Chair: Jewel Williams Johnson  
CALL TO ORDER  
Please note: Meetings of the Board of Legislators and its committees are held at the  
Michaelian Office Building, 148 Martine Avenue, 8th Floor, White Plains, New York, 10601,  
and livestreamed via the WebEx video conferencing system. Legislators may participate in  
person or via Webex. Members of the public may attend meetings in person at any of its  
locations, or view the meeting and its video recording online on the Westchester County  
Legislature’s website: https://westchestercountyny.legistar.com/. This website also provides  
the links to documents to be discussed at a given meeting.  
Legislator Emiljana Ulaj will be participating remotely from 520 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, New  
York 10591  
MINUTES APPROVAL  
1. Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at 11:00am  
2. Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 11:00am  
I. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION  
The implications of the use of kratom  
Guests:  
Jonathan Avery, M.D., Vice Chair, Addiction Psychiatry  
Stephen P. Tobin and Dr. Arnold M. Cooper Professor in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry  
Program Director, Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship  
Program Director, Opioid Overdose Prevention Program  
Weill Cornell Medicine | New York Presbyterian  
Ellen Bloom, MPH, Director, Community Affairs  
New York Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital Westchester  
Westchester Behavioral Health  
II. OTHER BUSINESS  
III. RECEIVE & FILE  
ADJOURNMENT