Utah’s Opioid Settlements
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This Community Guide will describe how Utah is spending its opioid settlements and whether Utah is working to ensure community access to opioid settlement funds. Last revised September 1, 2024.
Ultimate Decisionmaker
County officials
Decision-making Process
The Utah state legislature’s appropriates funds from this share based on input from the .
Counties decide autonomously but must report planned uses to the state.
Supplantation
Prohibited
Prohibited
Grant Funding
No
Up to each locality (availability and processes will vary)
Public Input
Yes (not required, but see )
Up to each locality (not required)
Advisory Body
Yes (not required, but see Utah’s Opioid Task Force’s (OSAC)).
There are no formal legal mechanisms that govern the OSAC’s composition or require it to include member(s) with lived and/or living experience.
Up to each locality (not required)
Expenditures
Public reporting required. View appropriations and annual reports on the Department of Health & Human Services’ page.
Public reporting required (but not yet available). Bookmark the Utah Opioid Task Force’s website and Department of Health & Human Services’ page.
Updates
For updates on the state share, visit the Utah Opioid Task Force’s website, which links to the . You can also review the Utah Office of Substance Use and Mental Health’s website, which contains information on legislative sessions and approved funding and links to its .
For resources on local share programming, visit the Utah Association of Counties’ page. For other updates on the local share, check the websites for your county commission or local health department.
$520.8 million[1]
[1] Total is rounded. See The Official Opioid Settlement Tracker Tally. Accessed September 1, 2024.
50% to the state and 50% to local governments
State-Local Agreement (One Utah Opioid Settlement Memorandum of Understanding); Legislation (Utah Code Ann. Secs. 51-9-801 and 26B-5-211)