Mississippi’s Opioid Settlements
This Community Guide will describe how Mississippi is spending its opioid settlements and whether Mississippi is working to ensure community access to opioid settlement funds. Last revised September 1, 2024.
$370.05 million[1]
[1] Total is rounded. See The Official Opioid Settlement Tracker Tally. Accessed September 1, 2024.
State-Local Agreement (Mississippi State-Local Government Opioid Litigation Memorandum of Understanding)
Ultimate Decisionmaker
Local officials for counties, cities, and towns
Decision-making Process
The Mississippi state legislature will decide how this share is spent, whether exclusively by the University of Mississippi Medical Center, as grants administered via committee, or otherwise.
Mississippi state legislature appropriates monies from this share
Localities decide autonomously
Supplantation
Not prohibited
Not prohibited
Not prohibited
Grant Funding
No
No
Up to each locality (availability and processes will vary)
Public Input
No opportunities available (not required)
No opportunities available (not required)
Up to each locality (not required)
Advisory Body
No (not required)
No (not required)
Up to each locality (not required)
Expenditures
Neither public nor intrastate reporting required
Neither public nor intrastate reporting required
Neither public nor intrastate reporting required
Updates
A single resource containing opioid settlement-related updates on the 70% abatement share could not be found.
A single resource containing opioid settlement-related updates on the 15% state share could not be found. The Mississippi Attorney General’s Opioid Settlement website contains information related to the litigation only.
For updates on the local share, a good starting point is to check the website for your county board of supervisors, city council, or local health department.
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