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Pratt County votes to withdraw from national opioid litigation limited to PBMs
Summary
The commission voted to withdraw from the national opioid litigation; county staff clarified the withdrawal applies only to pharmacy benefit managers the county does not contract with and that the recommendation came from national litigation counsel.
A commissioner moved and the board approved a motion to withdraw from the national opioid litigation. The motion was seconded and carried by voice vote.
The clerk clarified the scope of the withdrawal for the public: "that withdrawal only relates to to the pharmacy benefit managers that Pratt County doesn't have contact with, and it's on the advice of their national litigation counsel for withdrawal." Commissioners earlier had convened a short executive session to discuss opioid-related litigation and returned to open session with no action taken before the withdrawal vote.
The transcript does not record a roll-call tally or detailed legal rationale beyond the county’s counsel recommendation; commissioners characterized the vote as a withdrawal limited in scope rather than a complete exit from all opioid-related legal actions.
