Title 50 — Public Welfare

As used in this chapter: 1. "Committee" means the opioid settlement advisory committee. 2. "Department" means the department of health and human services. 3. "Fund" means the opioid settlement fund. 4. "Opioid litigation" means statewide opioid settlement agreements, judgments, o…

There is created in the state treasury an opioid settlement fund. Moneys recovered by the state as a result of opioid litigation must be deposited in the fund. Moneys recovered by a political subdivision as a result of opioid litigation may be deposited in the fund. The state inv…

1. The committee is composed of: a. One member of the North Dakota association of counties appointed by the chairman of the legislative management, who shall serve a term of two years. b. One member of the North Dakota league of cities appointed by the chairman of the legislative…

1. The department shall develop a process for receiving and evaluating spending recommendations of the committee. 2. Annually, each political subdivision that recovers and retains moneys as a result of opioid litigation shall submit to the department a report detailing the decisi…

1. The department's spending decisions of the legislatively appropriated funds from the fund for remediating and abating the opioid crisis must include at least twenty percent for opioid use prevention and overdose prevention, including best practices relating to fentanyl drug ov…

1. A political subdivision that recovers moneys as a result of opioid litigation may deposit the moneys in the fund or may retain the moneys and transfer the moneys to the public health unit that provides services to that political subdivision. 2. A political subdivision that rec…