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Washington County adopts opioid advisory committee after heated public comments on fund oversight
Summary
After extended public comment urging inclusion of recovery providers and people with lived experience, the Washington County Board of Commissioners adopted Resolution No. 16 of 2025 creating an opioid advisory committee that the board will appoint to evaluate and recommend awards from opioid settlement funds.
The Washington County Board of Commissioners on a unanimous roll call adopted Resolution No. 16 of 2025 to establish an opioid advisory committee to evaluate and recommend grants from opioid settlement funds distributed to the county by the Pennsylvania Opioid Abatement Trust Fund.
Public commenters urged the board to redesign the governance structure for opioid dollars so it includes people with lived experience, family members, treatment experts and front-line providers. "You are being asked to vote on whether to establish an opioid settlement review board whose members are appointed entirely by this commissioner board," Laura Dieterle, director of clinical and case management services at Washington Drug and Alcohol Commission, told commissioners, arguing the proposed structure raised…
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