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Health Department outlines recommended uses of opioid settlement funds ahead of May 12 appropriation
Summary
The Health Department said Anchorage will receive a share of state-distributed opioid settlement dollars and recommended funding priorities (MAT expansion, APD pre-arrest deflection, community health worker, naloxone vending) in AM2792026, which the assembly will consider May 12.
The Anchorage Health Department briefed the Public Health and Safety Committee on May 6 about recommended municipal uses of opioid settlement funds that will be on the assembly agenda in mid-May.
Kimberly Rash said the state expects approximately $58 million distributed over 18 years from the national opioid settlement and that Anchorage's portion, as described in the memorandum, is $4.186 million over 18 years. She said Exhibit…
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