0-10% Litigation Support Fund
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District of Columbia
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The D.C. Attorney General may retain a maximum of 10% D.C.’s opioid settlement funds in the if the Attorney General gives the Mayor, Chief Financial Officer, and D.C. Council written notice.[1]
Litigation Support Fund monies may only be spent on:
Litigation expenses[2]
Personnel costs (up to $7 million annually)[3]
Non-personnel costs related to the administration of specified grant initiatives[4]
“Crime reduction, violence interruption, and other public safety initiatives”[5]
In a , D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine described the Litigation Support Fund as allowing his office to “use the proceeds from our lawsuits and reinvest them in the community,” stating that they will “use the money to build up our legal efforts and contribute $7 million annually towards the city’s violence prevention efforts.”[6]
D.C. Attorney General decides. The Litigation Support Fund is administered by the .[7]
No, supplantation is not prohibited. D.C. law does not explicitly prohibit supplantation uses of opioid settlement funds from its Litigation Support Fund. This means that up to 10% of D.C.’s opioid settlement funds may be spent in ways that replace (or “supplant”) — rather than supplement — existing resources.
No (neither public nor intrastate reporting required). Opioid settlement expenditures are not officially published in a centralized location for this share.
Not applicable.
D.C. Code Secs. 1-301.86b(d)(3)(D), 7-3221(e)(1)-(2). ↑
D.C. Code Sec. 1-301.86b(c)(1)(A) (“Supporting general litigation expenses associated with prosecuting or defending litigation matters on behalf of the District of Columbia”). ↑
D.C. Code Sec. 1-301.86b(c)(1)(B) (“Funding staff positions, personnel costs, and employee retirement and separation incentives, up to a maximum amount of $7 million per year”). ↑
D.C. Code Sec. 1-301.86b(c)(1)(B) (“non-personnel costs related to administering any grant issued pursuant to the authority provided in §§ 1-301.88f(a) and 1-301.88g(a)”). ↑
D.C. Code Secs. 1-301.86b(c)(1)(C) (“Crime reduction and violence interruption programming”), (c)(2) (“Beginning in Fiscal Year 2020, up to $9 million deposited into the Fund each fiscal year may be used for the purposes of crime reduction, violence interruption, and other public safety initiatives”). ↑
D.C. Code Sec. 1-301.86b(a). ↑
Visit OpioidSettlementTracker.com’s for an updated collection of states’ and localities’ available expenditure reports.
. District of Columbia Office of Attorney General. December 2022. Accessed August 14, 2024. ↑
