Opioid Abatement Authority (language only)
Item 347 #1c
Item 347 #1c | | | |
| Health and Human Resources |
| Opioid Abatement Authority |
Language
Page 406, after line 10, insert:
“C. The Opioid Abatement Authority shall include, as an addendum to its annual executive summary required pursuant to § 2.2-2373, Code of Virginia, an update on prior fiscal year activity related to the Commonwealth Opioid Abatement and Remediation Fund (the Fund), established pursuant to § 2.2-2377, Code of Virginia. Specifically, the addendum shall include an account of any deposits, designations, and expenditures made, along with corresponding performance measures, and other applicable data and information related to the use of the Fund settlement proceeds by state agencies.
D. Notwithstanding § 2.2-212, Code of Virginia, the Opioid Abatement Authority is an independent agency of the Commonwealth and is not subject to the provisions of that section.
E. The administrative budget for the Opioid Abatement Authority is estimated at $3,400,000 the first year and $2,400,000 the second year.
F. In awarding grants to state agencies, the Board of the Opioid Abatement Authority shall ensure that the grant funds are within the scope of the statutory authority of the respective agency to administer such grants. In addition, grant funds shall be considered one-time in nature and shall not create an on-going obligation for the Commonwealth.
G. Out of appropriations provided in this act, $16,419,145 the first year and $14,064,145 the second year from nongeneral funds is for disbursement from the Commonwealth Opioid Abatement and Remediation Fund as follows:
Agency | Purpose | FY 2025 | FY 2026 |
Department of Health (601) | Opioid Overdose Reversal Agent Program | $8,000,000 | $8,000,000 |
Department of Health (601) | Opioid Reversal Agents and Test Kits | $5,519,145 | $5,464,145 |
Department of Health (601) | Fentanyl Waster Water Testing | $400,000 | $0 |
Department of Health (601) | Naloxone for Public Schools | $0 | $100,000 |
Department of Criminal Justice Services (140) | Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Transition Fund | $2,000,000 | $0 |
VA Foundation for Healthy Youth (852) | Marketing Efforts for Opioid Crisis | $500,000 | $500,000 |
Total | | $16,419,145 | $14,064,145" |
(This amendment adds language directing the Opioid Abatement Authority to provide, as an addendum to its requisite annual executive summary, an accounting of all activity related to monies deposited, appropriated, and expended from the Fund., and sets out its administrative budget. In addition, a table of all appropriations in the budget related to the Commonwealth Opioid Abatement and Remediation Fund is included for transparency.)