Guidance on Opioid Settlement Fund Usage

  • Pursuant to the Download this pdf file. MOU :
    • With the exception of administrative expenses identified in Section V.b, funds set aside for attorneys’ fees and costs for State of Georgia outside counsel, and funds set aside for attorneys’ fees for Local Government outside counsel pursuant to Section VII of this Memorandum, State Opioid Funds and Local Government Opioid Funds shall be used for Approved Purposes.
    • Funds are to primarily (no less than 70 percent) be used for future abatement purposes.
  • Approved purposes is defined in the MOU as those uses identified in the List of Opioid Remediation Uses provided in Exhibit E of the settlement agreements themselves (see links below):
  • ​​​​​​​It is important that local governments keep detailed records of how their funds have been used for approved purposes, as these will eventually need to be provided to the Regional Advisory Councils that will be set up pursuant to the Download this pdf file. MOU .