SSB 3178 (LSB 6286XC (3) 90)

SENATE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON KRAAYENBRINK)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the opioid settlement fund, including appropriations of the moneys in the fund, and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 12.51, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  a.  Moneys in the fund shall not be transferred, used, obligated, appropriated, or otherwise encumbered except as provided in this section.
   b.  Annually, seventy-five percent of the moneys in the fund shall be appropriated to the department of health and human services and twenty-five percent of the moneys in the fund shall be appropriated to the office of the attorney general. The moneys appropriated shall be disbursed by the department of health and human services and the office of the attorney general in accordance with the requirements of any master settlement agreement and this section. The moneys disbursed by the department of health and human services or the office of the attorney general shall be accompanied by a statement on any printed or marketing materials that the funding is a one-time allocation from the opioid settlement fund.
   c.  Moneys in the fund shall only be used pursuant to appropriations from the fund by the general assembly for purposes of abating the opioid crisis in this state, which may include but are not limited to the purposes specified in section 135.190A for moneys in the opioid antagonist medication fund.
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the appropriation of moneys in the opioid settlement fund created in Code section 12.51.
   The bill provides that annually, 75 percent of the moneys in the fund shall be appropriated to the department of health and human services (HHS) and 25 percent of the moneys in the fund shall be appropriated to the office of the attorney general (AG). Moneys appropriated to HHS or the AG shall be disbursed in accordance with the requirements of any master settlement agreement and the bill. Additionally, the moneys disbursed by HHS or the AG shall be accompanied by a statement on any printed or marketing materials that the funding is a one-time allocation from the opioid settlement fund.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment.