This Community Guide will describe how Idaho is spending its opioid settlements and whether Idaho is working to ensure community access to opioid settlement funds. Last revised September 1, 2024.
Ultimate Decisionmaker
and
Local officials for cities and counties
Boards of Health for each
Decision-making Process
The Idaho state legislature appropriates funds based on requests from the governor. The governor’s requests incorporate recommendations from the (IBHC).
Localities decide autonomously but must report uses to the state.
Boards of County Commissioners or City Councils must approve spending via budgets or separate resolutions.
Public Health Districts decide autonomously but must report uses to the state.
Boards of Health must approve spending via budgets or separate resolutions.
Supplantation
Not prohibited
Not prohibited
Not prohibited
Grant Funding
No
Up to each locality (availability and processes will vary)
Up to each health district (availability and processes will vary)
Public Input
Yes (Idaho Behavioral Health Council required to engage in broad stakeholder input)
Up to each locality (not required)
Up to each (not required)
Advisory Body
Yes (required). See the .
The IBHC is not required to include member(s) with lived and/or living experience.
Up to each locality (not required)
No (not required, but see )
Expenditures
Public reporting required. View the “Funded by the Legislature” resources on the Idaho Behavioral Health Council’s .
See also .
Public reporting required. See local governments’ .
Public reporting required. See health districts’ .
Updates
For updates on the state share, visit the IBHC’s and bookmark the page, which includes meeting materials for the IBHC and its workgroups. See also the Idaho Attorney General’s page.
To find updates on the local share, a good starting point is to check the websites for your county board of commissioners, city council, or local health department.
To find updates on the health districts share, a good starting point is to check the ’ opioid settlement websites. See, e.g., District 7: .
$214.13 million[1]
[1] Total is rounded. See The Official Opioid Settlement Tracker Tally. Accessed September 1, 2024.
40% to the state, 40% to cities and counties, and 20% to health districts
State-Local Agreement (Idaho Opioid Settlement Intrastate Allocation Agreement Between the State of Idaho, Health Districts, and Eligible Local Governments); Legislation (Idaho Code, Secs. 39-411, 39-422, 57-825); Executive Order (Executive Order No. 2020-04)