This information was compiled based on information from publicly available legislation, state memorandums or executive orders, state websites, and press releases, as well as supplemental interviews with state officials with a role in administering opioid settlement funding.
It offers a snapshot of settlement spending and priorities at the state level (e.g., funding administered by state agencies or designated statewide abatement funds) as well as laws, agreements, and processes that the state has established for allocating funds. NASHP does not track spending at the local or county level, but includes any relevant state-level reports or dashboards that capture local spending within a state. For details on the definitions used here, check out the definitions at the bottom of this page. You can also get an overview of opioid settlement decisions in all states.
Settlement Spending Status
Background
Has the state awarded settlement funds?
Yes. The 2024 Annual Report highlights the $23.8 million expended during the council’s fourth year of operation. Commitments span multiple target areas, including equity ($4.38 million), service expansion and enhancement ($10.5 million), workforce ($2 million), family supports ($500,000), social determinants of health ($6.65 million), data collection and analysis ($500,000), and municipal capacity-building and support ($1.1 million). The report includes more details on specific grant programs and initiatives funded within each of these target areas.
Has the state announced priorities or recommendations for spending?
Previous spending details
The Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund Advisory Council’s website houses yearly annual reports that detail allocations from the Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund starting in 2021.
Statewide reporting of local spending
The Municipal Opioid Abatement Funds Data Dashboard reveals spending data from municipalities that signed on to the Massachusetts State-Subdivision Agreement for Statewide Opioid Settlements — municipalities receive 40 percent of total settlement funds coming to the state.
State Settlement Website or Dashboard
Spending Plans and Agreements
Process for Settlement Disbursement
State and Political Subdivision Split
Structure
Abatement-Fund Controlled (>50 percent of funding controlled by statewide abatement fund)
Allocation Formula
60 percent statewide Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund, 40 percent subdivisions
Role of Advisory Committee
The Opioid Recovery and Remediation Trust Fund Advisory Council makes recommendations to the Executive Office of Health and Human Services.
