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Allegany County to consider joining national opioid "remnant" settlement; share unknown
Summary
Staff told commissioners the county can opt into a remnant-defendant opioid settlement totaling about $95 million; Allegany County's share is not yet determined and will depend on which political subdivisions consent. Proceeds would go to the county opioid restitution task force.
Staff presented a consent agenda item describing additional national opioid settlements involving six so-called remnant defendants with aggregate proceeds of about $95,000,000. Unlike prior settlements in which state attorneys general joined, this remnant settlement currently appears to be subdivisions-only; the state has not yet signed on. Allegany Countystaff…
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