New Mexico’s Opioid Settlements

This Community Guide will describe how New Mexico is spending its opioid settlements, and whether New Mexico is working to ensure community access to opioid settlement funds. Last revised September 1, 2024.

Total Funds

$869.92 million[1]

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[1] Total is rounded. See The Official Opioid Settlement Tracker Tally. Accessed September 1, 2024.

Allocation

55% to local governments and 45% to the state

Mechanism

State-Local Agreement (New Mexico Allocation Agreement and 2023 Addendum); Legislation (N.M. Stat. Ann. Secs. 6-4-28 and 6-4-29)

	55% Local Share	45% State Share
Ultimate Decisionmaker(s)	Local officials for cities and counties	New Mexico state legislature
Decision-making Process	Localities decide autonomously	New Mexico state legislature appropriates monies from the Opioid Crisis Recovery Fund
Supplantation	Not prohibited	Not prohibited
Grant Funding	Up to each locality (availability and processes will vary)	No
Public Input	Up to each locality (not required)	No opportunities available (not required)
Advisory Body	Up to each locality (not required)	No (not required)
Expenditures	Neither public nor intrastate reporting required	Neither public nor intrastate reporting required
Updates	To find updates on the local share, a good starting point is to check the websites for your county commission, city council, or local health department. See also individual localities’ opioid settlement-specific websites, e.g., Bernalillo County and City of Albuquerque (joint partnership) and Las Cruces.	A single resource containing state share updates could not be found.