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Opioid settlement advisory committee formalizes procedures, prioritizes recovery residences and EMS buprenorphine inductions
Summary
Vice chair Jess Kirby told the committee the opioid settlement advisory committee adopted transparency measures (public roll-call votes, minutes, formal procedures) and prioritized scholarships for recovery residences, EMS buprenorphine induction pilots, peer services post‑release and outreach staff; members asked for data on prior-year spending.
Jess Kirby, vice chair of the opioid settlement advisory committee, briefed the House Housing and Human Services committee on Jan. 29 about policy and procedural changes made this year and the committee’s funding priorities from opioid-settlement dollars.
"One of the big things that we did this year is we actually created official policies and procedures," Kirby said, describing new measures on agenda input, minutes approval and member participation. She said the committee adopted public voting for recommendations (moving away from a private online vote) to…
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