Advisory Bodies

Has the state established an advisory body for settlement funds?

No. Arizona has not established an advisory body to inform opioid settlement spending.

Is the state advisory body required to include member(s) with lived and/or living experience?

Not applicable.

What is the overall membership of the state advisory body?

Not applicable.

Are local governments required to establish a settlement advisory body? If so, are local advisory bodies required to include member(s) with lived and/or living experience?

No (up to each locality). Neither local governments nor the state’s 15 single-county regions are required to establish opioid settlement advisory bodies.[1] However, localities may independently choose to establish advisory councils that include members with lived and/or living experience to help ensure that settlement spending reflects community priorities.

What else should I know?

Not applicable.

Citations

1. Though the One Arizona Agreement anticipates “multicounty regions” throughout, in practice, each of Arizona’s regions are single-county regions. See One Arizona Agreement, Secs. B.4 (“For each Multicounty Region, an advisory council shall be formed from the Participating Local Governments in the Multicounty Region to distribute the collective LG Share funds”), B.5 (“For each Region consisting of the Participating Cities and Towns within a non-Participating County, an advisory council shall be formed from the Participating Cities and Towns in the Region to distribute the LG Share funds”). ↑