Connecticut’s Opioid Settlements

85% Opioid Settlement Fund Share

15% Local Share

Ultimate Decisionmaker

Local officials for municipalities

Decision-making Process

The Connecticut Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee (OSAC) consults recommendations from to decide expenditures. The (DMHA) disburses funds approved by OSAC.

Localities decide autonomously but must report uses to the .

Supplantation

Prohibited

Not prohibited

Grant Funding

No

Up to each locality (availability and processes will vary)

Public Input

Yes (public participation at OSAC meetings required)

Up to each locality (not required)

Advisory Body

Yes (required). See the (OSAC).

The Committee is not necessarily required to include member(s) with lived and/or living experience. requires the OSAC to include "three individuals with experience living with a substance use disorder or family members of an individual with experience living with a substance use disorder" (emphasis added).

Up to each locality (not required)

Expenditures

Public reporting required. State share expenditures must be reported annually and will likely posted on the Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee’s .

Public reporting required. View annual municipal settlement proceeds reports on the Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee’s .

Updates

For updates on the Opioid Settlement Fund share, visit the Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee’s .

To find updates on the local share, a good starting point is to check the websites for your county commission, city council or local health department. Municipalities’ payments and expenditures are published on the Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee’s .