TITLE 57

PUBLIC FUNDS IN GENERAL

CHAPTER 8

FUNDS CONSOLIDATION ACT

57-825.  state-directed opioid settlement fund — use of fund moneys — recommendations. (1) There is hereby established in the state treasury the state-directed opioid settlement fund, to be managed by the state treasurer. Moneys in the fund shall consist of:

(a)  Moneys received by the state of Idaho pursuant to settlements and judgments obtained by the state relating to opioids;

(b)  Legislative appropriations to the fund;

(c)  Any bequests or donations to the fund; and

(d)  Interest earned on idle moneys in the fund.

(2)  Moneys in the state-directed opioid settlement fund shall be used as determined by legislative appropriation, provided that such moneys must be used only in accordance with the terms of the applicable settlement or judgment and for purposes relating to opioid abuse prevention and recovery programs.

(3)  The Idaho behavioral health council shall meet as necessary and make recommendations to the governor and the joint finance-appropriations committee as to how moneys from the state-directed opioid settlement fund should be used. Such recommendations must be submitted to the governor on or before September 1 in the year before the legislative session in which the Idaho behavioral health council recommendations are presented to the joint finance-appropriations committee.

History:

[57-825, added 2021, ch. 268, sec. 1, p. 817; am. 2022, ch. 289, sec. 1, p. 920.]