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Speaker says Kentucky's opioid settlements fund commission grants and local allocations
Summary
At the LSC event, a speaker reported more than $900 million in opioid settlements, described a 50/50 split between local governments and the Opioid Abatement Commission, and said the commission now awards grants to community organizations.
An assistant deputy attorney general told the Legal Services Corporation audience that the Commonwealth had secured "over $900,000,000 in settlements" related to opioid litigation and that Attorney General Russell Coleman had added at least $100,000,000 more to the fund. He said the legislature created the Opioid Abatement Commission to allocate those resources.
According to the speaker, the commission and the legislature set a distribution formula that gives half of the money to counties and cities for local priorities while retaining the other half for commission-administered grants. The speaker said grantees generally receive at least one award annually from the commission fund.
