# Advisory Bodies

### **Has the state established an advisory body for settlement funds?**

**No.** Arizona has not established an advisory body to inform opioid settlement spending.

### **Is the state advisory body required to include member(s) with lived and/or living experience?**

**Not applicable.**

### **What is the overall membership of the state advisory body?**

**Not applicable.**

### **Are local governments required to establish a settlement advisory body? If so, are local advisory bodies required to include member(s) with lived and/or living experience?**

**No (up to each locality).** Neither local governments nor the state’s [15 single-county regions](https://www.azag.gov/issues/opioids/one-arizona-agreement/regions) are required to establish opioid settlement advisory bodies.\[1] However, localities may independently choose to establish advisory councils that include members with lived and/or living experience to help ensure that settlement spending reflects community priorities.

### **What else should I know?**

**Not applicable.**

### **Citations**

1. Though the One Arizona Agreement anticipates “multicounty regions” throughout, in practice, each of Arizona’s regions are single-county regions. *See* One Arizona Agreement, Secs. [B.4](https://nationalopioidsettlement.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Final-One-AZ-Distribution-Agreement-Signed.pdf#page=3) (“For each Multicounty Region, an advisory council shall be formed from the Participating Local Governments in the Multicounty Region to distribute the collective LG Share funds”), [B.5](https://nationalopioidsettlement.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Final-One-AZ-Distribution-Agreement-Signed.pdf#page=3) (“For each Region consisting of the Participating Cities and Towns within a non-Participating County, an advisory council shall be formed from the Participating Cities and Towns in the Region to distribute the LG Share funds”). ↑