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Comptroller outlines opioid abatement fund split, council awards and timing for local payments
Summary
Comptroller Glenn Hager described how opioid settlement funds are split among the abatement council, local governments and the legislature, and said local distributions have typically been made in March or April; LBB proposed reducing a prior $42 million appropriation to $5 million to cover administrative costs.
Comptroller Glenn Hager told senators the state splits opioid settlement dollars into three designated buckets and provided an update on council awards and timing for local disbursements.
Hager said settlement dollars that come to Texas are split roughly into three buckets: 70% to the opioid abatement council, 15% to local entities and 15% to the legislature for appropriation. The timing of funds varies by settlement; some payments are lump sums and others are spread over many years, Hager said.
Hager told senators the…
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