Vermont § 4774 - Opioid Abatement Special Fund

§ 4774. Opioid Abatement Special Fund

• (a)(1) There is created the Opioid Abatement Special Fund, a special fund established and
  managed pursuant to 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5 and administered by the Department of Health. The Opioid Abatement
  Special Fund shall consist of all abatement account fund monies disbursed to the Department
  from the national abatement account fund, the national opioid abatement trust, the
  supplemental opioid abatement fund, or any other settlement funds that must be utilized
  exclusively for opioid prevention, intervention, treatment, recovery, and harm reduction
  services. (2) The Department shall submit a spending plan to the General Assembly, informed by the
  recommendations of the Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee established pursuant to
  section 4772 of this subchapter, annually on or before January 15 and once funding
  is appropriated by the General Assembly from the Opioid Abatement Special Fund, the
  Department shall request to have the funds formally released from the national abatement
  account fund, the national opioid abatement trust, the supplemental opioid abatement
  fund, or any other settlement funds that must be utilized exclusively for opioid prevention,
  intervention, treatment, recovery, and harm reduction services. The Department shall
  disburse monies from the Opioid Abatement Special Fund pursuant to 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 3. (3) Disbursements from the Opioid Abatement Special Fund shall supplement and not supplant
  or replace any existing or future local, State, or federal government funding for
  infrastructure, programs, supports, and resources, including health insurance benefits,
  federal grant funding, and Medicaid and Medicare funds.