Texas’s Opioid Settlements
Last updated
Texas
Last updated
This Community Guide will describe how Texas is spending its opioid settlements, and whether Texas is working to ensure community access to opioid settlement funds. Last revised September 1, 2024.
Ultimate Decisionmaker
(with limited exceptions)
and state agencies
Local officials for cities and counties
Decision-making Process
Excepting certain set-asides established by the , the has final decision-making authority over this share and awards funds according to its grant policies.
Applicants from Texas’ submit applications to the Council to receive funding from , and each are required to reserve 25% for “targeted interventions.”
The Texas state legislature appropriates funds to state agencies for strategies listed in state law.
Localities decide autonomously
Supplantation
Generally, not prohibited
Not prohibited
Not prohibited
Grant Funding
Yes. See grant opportunities on the Councils’ website .
No
Up to each locality (availability and processes will vary)
Public Input
Not… yet? (not required, but see Texas Opioid Abatement Council’s to solicit public input on an “ongoing basis”)
No opportunities available (not required)
Generally, yes (public comments required at public meetings)
Advisory Body
Yes (required). See the .
The Opioid Abatement Fund Council is not required to include member(s) with lived and/or living experience.
No (not required)
Up to each locality (not required)
Expenditures
No public reporting required (only intrastate)
Neither public nor intrastate reporting required
Neither public nor intrastate reporting required (detailed aside)
Updates
For updates on the Texas Abatement Fund share, visit the Texas Abatement Fund Council’s , which provides an .
A single resource containing updates specific to the state share could not be found.
To find updates on the local share, a good starting point is to check the websites for your Commissioners Court, city council, or local health department. See, e.g., .
$2.8 billion[1]
[1] Total is rounded. See . Accessed September 1, 2024.
70% to the Opioid Abatement Trust Fund, 15% to local governments, and 15% to the state
State-Local Agreement (); Legislation (); Regulation ()
