Decision Making

Here are the entities that ultimately decide how each of Maryland’s opioid settlement shares are spent:

• 45% Targeted Abatement Grants share: local officials for counties, cities, and towns

• 25% local share: local officials for counties, cities, and towns

• 15% state share: the “State” (likely the Maryland Department of Health)

• 15% State Discretionary Abatement Fund share: Maryland Department of Health