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Pima County and Tucson outline regional opioid response; county reports $24M received and expanded jail MAT program
Summary
Pima County Chief Medical Officer Dr. Francisco Garcia briefed the council on regional opioid work since 2015, the 2021 IGA and settlement funding; county has received roughly $24 million to date, has expanded MAT inductions in the jail and is pursuing mobile MAT, injectables and Narcan distribution as part of a broader strategy.
Pima County Chief Medical Officer Dr. Francisco Garcia told the Tucson council on Dec. 10 that the county and its partners have been building an opioid‑response system for years and are now coordinating settlement dollars via intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) with participating jurisdictions, including the city of Tucson.
Garcia said the county has received about $24,000,000 in opioid‑settlement funds to date — amounts that have arrived mostly since March 2024 — and cautioned that earlier national estimates of $80 million to $88 million for the region may be overstated because some manufacturers have reduced payments due to bankruptcies. He offered…
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