# Pennsylvania’s Opioid Settlements

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

<table data-view="cards" data-full-width="true"><thead><tr><th align="center"></th><th align="center"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="center"><h4>Total Funds</h4></td><td align="center"><p><strong>$2.01 billion</strong>[1]</p><hr><p>[1] Total is rounded. <em>See</em> <a href="https://www.opioidsettlementtracker.com/globalsettlementtracker">The Official Opioid Settlement Tracker Tally</a>. Accessed September 1, 2024.</p></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><h4>Allocation</h4></td><td align="center"><p>85% to local governments and 15% to the Commonwealth[2]</p><p></p><p><img src="https://2018111383-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fgyf4pnKWaQnwt6lS7DXB%2Fuploads%2FpzJ25NcON8FbppniJ9PL%2F_OpioidSettlement-DecisionMaking_Pennsylvania.png?alt=media&#x26;token=c30f9d62-ea58-49a6-8d46-d0c0dfdf7d0d" alt=""></p></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><h4>Mechanism</h4></td><td align="center"><strong>Court Order</strong> (<a href="https://www.paopioidtrust.org/getmedia/71b3376a-e7ce-4980-afbe-4d742b2425e4/PA-Opioid-Trust-Order.pdf">Pennsylvania Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Trust Order</a>); <strong>Legislation</strong> (<a href="https://casetext.com/statute/pennsylvania-statutes/statutes-unconsolidated/title-72-ps-taxation-and-fiscal-affairs/chapter-1-the-fiscal-code/article-xvii-a1-additional-special-funds-and-restricted-accounts/subarticle-j-opioid-settlement-restricted-account/section-1792-a1-opioid-settlement-restricted-account">72 Pa. Stat. Sec. 1792-A.1</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<table data-header-hidden data-full-width="true"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><h4>70% County Abatement Account Share</h4></td><td><h4>15% Litigating Subdivision Account Share</h4></td><td><h4>15% Commonwealth Share</h4></td></tr><tr><td><em><strong>Ultimate Decisionmaker</strong></em></td><td><strong>County officials</strong></td><td><strong>Local officials</strong> for counties, cities, townships, and boroughs, along with <strong>District Attorneys</strong> for Berks, Bucks, Chester, Clearfield, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Northampton, and Westmoreland counties</td><td><a href="https://www.legis.state.pa.us/"><strong>Pennsylvania General Assembly</strong></a></td></tr><tr><td><em><strong>Decision-making Process</strong></em></td><td><strong>Counties decide autonomously</strong> but must certify approved uses to the <a href="https://www.paopioidtrust.org/">Pennsylvania Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Trust</a>.</td><td><strong>Localities and specified district attorneys decide autonomously</strong> but must certify approved uses to the <a href="https://www.paopioidtrust.org/">Pennsylvania Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Trust</a>.</td><td>The <strong>Pennsylvania General Assembly directly appropriates funds</strong> from this share.</td></tr><tr><td><em><strong>Supplantation</strong></em></td><td><strong>Not prohibited</strong></td><td><strong>Not prohibited</strong></td><td><strong>Not prohibited</strong></td></tr><tr><td><em><strong>Grant Funding</strong></em></td><td><strong>Up to each county</strong> (availability and processes will vary)</td><td><strong>Up to each locality</strong> (availability and processes will vary)</td><td><strong>Yes</strong>. For live opportunities, <em>see</em> Opioid Settlement Tracker’s <a href="https://www.opioidsettlementtracker.com/communitygranttracker/#notables">Community Grant Tracker</a>.</td></tr><tr><td><em><strong>Public Input</strong></em></td><td><strong>Generally, yes</strong> (public comments required at public meetings)</td><td><strong>Generally, yes</strong> (public comments required at public meetings)</td><td><strong>No opportunities available</strong> (not required)</td></tr><tr><td><em><strong>Advisory Body</strong></em></td><td><p><strong>Up to each county</strong> (not individually required). <em>But see</em> <a href="https://www.paopioidtrust.org/">Pennsylvania Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Trust</a>’s <a href="https://www.paopioidtrust.org/about-us">Board of Trustees</a>.</p><p>The Trust is not required to include member(s) with lived and/or living experience.</p></td><td><p><strong>Up to each locality</strong> (not individually required). <em>But see</em> <a href="https://www.paopioidtrust.org/">Pennsylvania Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Trust</a>’s <a href="https://www.paopioidtrust.org/about-us">Board of Trustees</a>.</p><p>The Trust is not required to include member(s) with lived and/or living experience.</p></td><td><strong>No</strong> (not required)</td></tr><tr><td><em><strong>Expenditures</strong></em></td><td><strong>Public reporting required.</strong> Bookmark the Trust’s <a href="https://www.paopioidtrust.org/payment,-spending-and-reporting">Payment, Spending &#x26; Reporting</a> page and view its <a href="https://www.paopioidtrust.org/payment,-spending-and-reporting/march-15,-2024-reporting-review">interim reporting</a>.</td><td><strong>Public reporting required</strong> (for counties and Philadelphia). Bookmark the Trust’s <a href="https://www.paopioidtrust.org/payment,-spending-and-reporting">Payment, Spending &#x26; Reporting</a> page and view its <a href="https://www.paopioidtrust.org/payment,-spending-and-reporting/march-15,-2024-reporting-review">interim reporting</a>.</td><td><strong>Neither public nor intrastate reporting required</strong>   </td></tr><tr><td><em><strong>Updates</strong></em></td><td>For updates on the County Abatement Account share, visit the Pennsylvania Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Trust’s <a href="https://www.paopioidtrust.org/">website</a>. <em>See also</em> counties’ websites listed <a href="https://www.pacounties.org/who-we-are/pa-county-websites">here</a>, <em>e.g.</em>, <a href="https://www.delcopa.gov/opioid-info/opioidsettlement.html">Delaware County</a> and <a href="https://www.scattergoodfoundation.org/support/participatory-funds/overdose-prevention-and-community-healing-fund/">Philadelphia</a>.</td><td>For updates on the Litigating Subdivision Account share, visit the Pennsylvania Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Trust’s <a href="https://www.paopioidtrust.org/">website</a>. <em>See also</em> individual localities’ websites listed <a href="https://www.pacounties.org/who-we-are/pa-county-websites">here</a>, <em>e.g.</em>, <a href="https://www.delcopa.gov/opioid-info/opioidsettlement.html">Delaware County</a> and <a href="https://www.scattergoodfoundation.org/support/participatory-funds/overdose-prevention-and-community-healing-fund/">Philadelphia</a>.</td><td>A single resource containing updates specific to the Commonwealth share could not be found.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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\[2] 85% to local governments includes the 70% County Abatement Account Share and 15% Litigating Subdivision Account Share.


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