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Substance-abuse budget: grants, opioid settlements and a federal compliance-driven fund swap
Summary
Analysts and the department told the committee about ongoing opioid and substance-treatment grants, Millennium Fund appropriations, and a requested fund swap so the state stays within a federal administrative cap for the substance use block grant.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee reviewed the Department of Health and Welfare's substance abuse treatment and prevention budget, including federal opioid grants, Millennium Fund appropriations and a requested fund reallocation intended to resolve a federal compliance issue.
Alex Williamson, budget and policy analyst, told the committee the division spent $22.7 million in fiscal 2024 and that most of that spending (about 70.6%) was in trustee and benefit payments (subgrants and provider payments). He noted a multi-year federal state opioid response grant that was appropriated in FY2023 and made ongoing in FY2024 for roughly $8 million.
For FY2026 the division requested a one-time supplemental to align…
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