SB 692 – Use of Opioid Settlement Funds
Primary Senate Sponsors: Sen. Jim Burgin (R-Harnett, Johnston, Lee); Sen. Joyce Krawiec (R-Davie, Forsyth); Sen. Jim Perry (R-Lenoir, Wayne)
Summary
This bill states that all funds received by the State as a beneficiary of the final consent judgment resolving the State opioid lawsuit must be deposited into the Opioid Abatement Fund.
This bill also provides that moneys in the Fund may only be expended for specified purposes, including to expand evidence-based treatment supports and to improve connections to care.
Movement
Filed – 4/7/2021