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# 50% Local Share

### **Where do these monies live?**

Excepting several set-asides,\[1] this share is distributed directly to Michigan’s counties, municipalities, and townships according to the allocations in Michigan’s state-subdivision agreement.\[2]

### **What can this share be spent on?**

With limited exceptions,\[3] local governments must spend their collective 50% share on the opioid remediation uses described in the national settlement agreement’s (non-exhaustive) [Exhibit E](https://nationalopioidsettlement.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Final_Distributor_Settlement_Agreement_3.25.22_Final.pdf#page=116),\[4] which includes prevention, harm reduction, treatment, recovery, and other strategies.

Michigan’s state-local agreement reiterates the national settlement agreements’ requirement that at least 70% of funds be spent on prospective abatement purposes but does not assign this responsibility to a specific share.\[5]

Local governments may request guidance from the Michigan Department of Attorney General on the settlements or state-local agreement, including whether proposed expenditures qualify as opioid remediation. The Michigan Department of Attorney General may also issue such guidance on its own.\[10] For example, in 2026, the Michigan Department of Attorney General released [guidance for localities](https://www.michigan.gov/ag/initiatives/opioids/opioid-settlement-general-guidance-folder/settlement-spending-guidance-and-non-remediation-list) on uses of funds that it does *not* consider opioid remediation or abatement. As of June 2026, the list contained general categories such as “\[a]ctivities or programs that are not indicated in Exhibit E or otherwise evidence-based or evidence-informed,” as well as specific types of expenditures, such as law enforcement equipment.\[11]

### **Who ultimately decides how to spend this share (and how)?**

***Localities decide autonomously*****.** Decisionmakers for the counties, municipalities, and townships will ultimately decide for themselves how to spend their monies on Exhibit E uses.\[6] Examples of certain counties’ plans and uses of settlements funds may be found [here](https://www.michigan.gov/ag/initiatives/opioids#:~:text=Opioid%20Settlement%20Funds%20Implementation%20in%20Action).\[7]

### **Are supplantation uses prohibited for this share?**

**No, supplantation is not prohibited.** Michigan does not explicitly prohibit supplantation uses of opioid settlement funds from its 50% local share. This means that counties, cities, and townships may spend their monies from this share in ways that replace (or “supplant”) — rather than supplement — existing resources.

### **Can I see how this share has been spent?**

**Yes (no public reporting required, only intrastate).** Localities are required to report expenditures to the state.\[12] As of June 2026, the state’s Department of Attorney General [Opioids website](https://www.michigan.gov/ag/initiatives/opioids) hosts a [downloadable report](https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/opioids/Settlement-Documents/Opioid-Settlement-Received-Expended-Local-Governments.xlsx?rev=bb7daf39046f4e2d9f9be2a10bf46fcf\&hash=44225AA64207E2676EBD2D3C42DC961E) of local government expenditures covering January 2023 through December 2025.

Visit OpioidSettlementTracker.com’s [Everything Table](https://www.opioidsettlementtracker.com/everything) for the most up-to-date information on states’ and localities’ available expenditure reports.

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

In June 2024, the Michigan Association of Counties published the results of a survey that found that the “vast majority” of responding counties had created separate funds to hold their opioid settlement monies apart from other sources of funds and are not combining funds with other local governments.\[9] The Michigan Association of Counties also maintains a [robust inventory](https://micounties.org/opioid-settlement-resource-center/) of resources to support county planning, spending, and transparency.

### **Citations**

1. Michigan State-Subdivision Agreement for the Allocation of Opioid Settlement Agreements (“Michigan State-Subdivision Agreement”), Secs. [II.4](https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/opioids/Resource-Documents/Michigan-State-Subdivision-Agreement-for-Allocation-of-Opioid-Settlement-Agreements-Dec-9-2025.pdf#page=5)  (providing that monies  will be deducted from the local government share for the Administrative Fund, Litigating Local Government Attorney Fee Fund, and Special Circumstance Fund), [I.A](https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/opioids/Resource-Documents/Michigan-State-Subdivision-Agreement-for-Allocation-of-Opioid-Settlement-Agreements-Dec-9-2025.pdf#page=1) (defining the “Administrative Fund” as “0.3% of the Local Government Share”),[I.H](https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/opioids/Resource-Documents/Michigan-State-Subdivision-Agreement-for-Allocation-of-Opioid-Settlement-Agreements-Dec-9-2025.pdf#page=2) (defining the “Litigating Local Government Attorney Fee Fund”), [I.Z](https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/opioids/Resource-Documents/Michigan-State-Subdivision-Agreement-for-Allocation-of-Opioid-Settlement-Agreements-Dec-9-2025.pdf#page=5) (defining the “Special Circumstance Fund” as “5% of the Local Government Share”), [II.8](https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/opioids/Resource-Documents/Michigan-State-Subdivision-Agreement-for-Distributors-and-Janssen-62923.pdf#page=8) (attorney costs), [II.9](https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/opioids/Resource-Documents/Michigan-State-Subdivision-Agreement-for-Allocation-of-Opioid-Settlement-Agreements-Dec-9-2025.pdf#page=7) (attorneys’ fees), [II.10](https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/opioids/Resource-Documents/Michigan-State-Subdivision-Agreement-for-Allocation-of-Opioid-Settlement-Agreements-Dec-9-2025.pdf#page=8) (describing Special Circumstance Fund); *But see* Sec. [II.13](https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/opioids/Resource-Documents/Michigan-State-Subdivision-Agreement-for-Allocation-of-Opioid-Settlement-Agreements-Dec-9-2025.pdf#page=10) (providing for reversion of set asides to the Local Government Share). ↑
2. Michigan State-Subdivision Agreement, Secs. [II.3](https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/opioids/Resource-Documents/Michigan-State-Subdivision-Agreement-for-Allocation-of-Opioid-Settlement-Agreements-Dec-9-2025.pdf#page=5) (“50% … Local Government Share”), [II.11](https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/opioids/Resource-Documents/Michigan-State-Subdivision-Agreement-for-Allocation-of-Opioid-Settlement-Agreements-Dec-9-2025.pdf#page=10) (“remainder … after offsets shall be distributed to Participating Local Governments”). Non-participating, non-county local governments’ shares are reallocated to their counties, and non-participating counties’ shares are reallocated to participating local governments. Michigan State-Subdivision Agreement, Secs. [II.7](https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/opioids/Resource-Documents/Michigan-State-Subdivision-Agreement-for-Allocation-of-Opioid-Settlement-Agreements-Dec-9-2025.pdf#page=6), [I.Q](https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/opioids/Resource-Documents/Michigan-State-Subdivision-Agreement-for-Allocation-of-Opioid-Settlement-Agreements-Dec-9-2025.pdf#page=3) (defining “Participating Local Governments”).For final allocation percentages across Michigan’s local governments for the various settlements, refer to [Exhibit A](https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/opioids/Resource-Documents/Michigan-State-Subdivision-Agreement-for-Allocation-of-Opioid-Settlement-Agreements-Dec-9-2025.pdf#page=30) of Michigan’s State-Subdivision Agreement. As of June 2026, the Michigan Association of Counties also maintained [a dashboard](https://micounties.org/opioid-settlement-resource-center/) that details the estimated funding going to each of Michigan’s counties, disaggregated by specific settlement. ↑
3. *See* prior section for footnotes on the Administrative Fund, Special Circumstance Fund, and attorneys’ fees. ↑
4. Michigan State-Subdivision Agreement, Secs. [I.P](https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/opioids/Resource-Documents/Michigan-State-Subdivision-Agreement-for-Allocation-of-Opioid-Settlement-Agreements-Dec-9-2025.pdf#page=3) (“‘Opioid Remediation’ is the term as defined by the Settlements”), [II.2](https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/opioids/Resource-Documents/Michigan-State-Subdivision-Agreement-for-Allocation-of-Opioid-Settlement-Agreements-Dec-9-2025.pdf#page=5) (“All Settlement Payments shall be utilized by Participating Local Governments and the State for Opioid Remediation, except as otherwise allowed by the Settlements. A minimum of 70% of Settlement Payments must be used solely for future Opioid Remediation"). Note that non-opioid remediation expenditures are capped under the national settlement agreements. *See, e.g.,* the [*Distributor*](https://nationalopioidsettlement.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Final_Distributor_Settlement_Agreement_3.25.22_Final.pdf) and [*Janssen*](https://nationalopioidsettlement.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Janssen-agreement-03302022-FINAL2.pdf) settlements, Secs. V.B.1, V.B.2 (requiring states and subdivisions to spend a minimum 85% of funds on opioid remediation, which the settlements define to mean Exhibit E); CVS Settlement Agreement, [Sec. V(B)(1)](https://nationalopioidsettlement.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2022-12-09-CVS-Global-Opioid-Settlement-Agreement-with-2023-02-03-Technical-Correctios-and-2023-09-29-and-2023-12-15-Updates.pdf#page=34) (minimum 95.5% opioid remediation spending); Walgreens Settlement Agreement, [Sec. V(B)(1)](https://nationalopioidsettlement.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2023.10.13-Updated-Walgreens-Multistate-Settlement-Agreement.pdf#page=29) (minimum 95% opioid remediation spending); Walmart Settlement Agreement, [Sec. V(B)(1)](https://nationalopioidsettlement.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Walmart-Settlement-Agreement-2024.01.03.pdf#page=28) (minimum 85% opioid remediation spending). *See* Distributor Settlement Agreement, Sec. [I.SS](https://nationalopioidsettlement.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Final_Distributor_Settlement_Agreement_3.25.22_Final.pdf#page=9) (“Exhibit E provides a non-exhaustive list of expenditures that qualify as being paid for Opioid Remediation. Qualifying expenditures may include reasonable related administrative expenses”). ↑
5. Michigan State-Subdivision Agreement, Sec. [II.2](https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/opioids/Resource-Documents/Michigan-State-Subdivision-Agreement-for-Allocation-of-Opioid-Settlement-Agreements-Dec-9-2025.pdf#page=5) ↑
6. Michigan State-Subdivision Agreement, Sec[. II.2](https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/opioids/Resource-Documents/Michigan-State-Subdivision-Agreement-for-Allocation-of-Opioid-Settlement-Agreements-Dec-9-2025.pdf#page=5). *See also* [2023 Annual Report: A Planning Guide for State Policy Makers](https://council.legislature.mi.gov/Content/Files/OAC/OAC%202023%20Annual%20Report%20A%20Planning%20Guide%20for%20State%20Policy%20Makers.pdf#page=14). Michigan Opioid Advisory Committee. Accessed June 9, 2026 (“The OAC and the State legislature have no direct influence over spending practices of Michigan’s subdivisions” and “local entities . . . retain authority for spending decisions”). ↑
7. As of June 2026, this section of the state Attorney General’s [Opioids](https://www.michigan.gov/ag/initiatives/opioids) website hosted information about certain counties’ plans for and uses of settlement funds, *i.e.*, [Monroe County Opioid Analytics Dashboard](https://dashboard.knowmoremonroe.com/), [Calhoun County: Use of Opioid Settlement Funds](https://www.calhouncountymi.gov/departments/finance/opioid_settlement_funds.php), [Eaton County: Strategic Plan](https://eatoncounty.org/1268/Substance-Use-and-Misuse), [Kalamazoo County: Allocation of Settlement Funds](https://wwmt.com/news/local/kalamazoo-county-government-discuss-meijer-opioid-settlement-fund-disbursement-assessment-healthh-educator-nurse-position-drug-testing-body-scanner), and [Lenawee County: Opioid Action Plan](https://www.lenawee.mi.us/1089/Lenawee-County-Opioid-Action-Plan).↑
8. \[Reserved]. ↑
9. [Opioid Settlement Resource Center](https://micounties.org/opioid-settlement-resource-center/). Michigan Association of Counties. Accessed June 9, 2026.
10. Michigan State-Subdivision Agreement, [Sec. II.14(a)](https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/opioids/Resource-Documents/Michigan-State-Subdivision-Agreement-for-Allocation-of-Opioid-Settlement-Agreements-Dec-9-2025.pdf#page=11).
11.  [Settlement Spending Guidance and Non-Remediation List](https://www.michigan.gov/ag/initiatives/opioids/opioid-settlement-general-guidance-folder/settlement-spending-guidance-and-non-remediation-list). Michigan Department of Attorney General. Last Revised May 12, 2026. Accessed June 9, 2026.
12. Michigan State-Subdivision Agreement, Secs. [II.14(b)](https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/opioids/Resource-Documents/Michigan-State-Subdivision-Agreement-for-Allocation-of-Opioid-Settlement-Agreements-Dec-9-2025.pdf#page=11) (starting in FY26, localities required to “provide documentation sufficient to show the receipt and expenditure of funds”), [I.W](https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/opioids/Resource-Documents/Michigan-State-Subdivision-Agreement-for-Allocation-of-Opioid-Settlement-Agreements-Dec-9-2025.pdf#page=3) (defining “reporting local governments” as those identified in the State-Subdivision Agreement’s Exhibit D), and [Exhibit D](https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/opioids/Resource-Documents/Michigan-State-Subdivision-Agreement-for-Allocation-of-Opioid-Settlement-Agreements-Dec-9-2025.pdf#page=52) (listing local governments required to submit reporting).


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