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Legislature authorizes two opioid-related settlement agreements; one legislator declared conflict
Summary
The Legislature authorized two settlement agreements in opioid-related litigation (Purdue Pharma and the national MDL), recording the matters as urgent; Legislator Mercedes Vazquez Simmons declared an interest before the vote.
Legislator Dave Maffucci and Majority Leader Michael Yudelson introduced resolutions authorizing two settlement agreements in opioid-related litigation: In re Purdue Pharma L.P., et al., Case No. 19-23649 (S.D.N.Y.), and In re National Prescription Opiate Litigation, MDL No. 2804 (N.D. Ohio). The measure was recorded as a matter of urgency and the transcript notes that Legislator Mercedes Vazquez Simmons declared her interest prior to the vote.
The session record shows the settlements were recorded as adopted in the meeting materials; the transcript does not include the settlement terms or dollar amounts.
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