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Shiawassee County joins Sandoz opioid settlement and directs settlement funds to jail health and remediation
Summary
The board approved participation in a Sandoz settlement in the national opioid litigation and allocated about $289,182.05 to the jail nurse contract and up to $30,000 to Health Department remediation services; the settlement participation figure in the resolution was listed as approximately $158,199.88.
On July 16 the Shiawassee County Board of Commissioners approved a resolution authorizing entry into a Participation Agreement related to the Sandoz portion of the National Prescription Opioid Litigation and made multiple allocations from designated opioid settlement funds.
The board adopted Resolution #25-07-11, which in its text references a Sandoz settlement fund and lists the county's participation amount as approximately $158,199.88. The minutes show the motion to authorize participation was approved on a roll call vote (7-0).
Separately, the board approved allocating $289,182.05 of designated opioid settlement funds to the jail nurse contract to support opioid treatment for inmates. The motion passed 7-0. The board also authorized up to $30,000 of opioid settlement dollars to be allocated to the Health Department to provide drug remediation support for New Directions consumers; that vote was recorded 7-0.
The minutes state the county had earlier executed participation agreements in distributor, Janssen, Teva, Allergan and several retail-settlement categories and that additional settlements have "conferred and continue to confer valuable benefits," language included in the resolution text. The minutes do not specify an implementation schedule or reporting details for the newly authorized allocations; the resolution references a specimen copy of the participation agreement as an exhibit.
