Utah’s Opioid Settlements

This Community Guide will describe how Utah is spending its opioid settlements and whether Utah is working to ensure community access to opioid settlement funds. Last revised September 1, 2024.

Total Funds

$520.8 million[1]

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[1] Total is rounded. See The Official Opioid Settlement Tracker Tally. Accessed September 1, 2024.

Allocation

50% to the state and 50% to local governments

Mechanism

State-Local Agreement (One Utah Opioid Settlement Memorandum of Understanding); Legislation (Utah Code Ann. Secs. 51-9-801 and 26B-5-211)

	50% State Share	50% Local Share
Ultimate Decisionmaker	Utah state legislature	County officials
Decision-making Process	The Utah state legislature’s Executive Appropriations Committee appropriates funds from this share based on input from the Social Services Appropriation Subcommittee.	Counties decide autonomously but must report planned uses to the state.
Supplantation	Prohibited	Prohibited
Grant Funding	No	Up to each locality (availability and processes will vary)
Public Input	Yes (not required, but see ongoing survey)	Up to each locality (not required)
Advisory Body	Yes (not required, but see Utah’s Opioid Task Force’s Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee (OSAC)). There are no formal legal mechanisms that govern the OSAC’s composition or require it to include member(s) with lived and/or living experience.	Up to each locality (not required)
Expenditures	Public reporting required. View appropriations and annual reports on the Department of Health & Human Services’ Opioid Litigation page.	Public reporting required (but not yet available). Bookmark the Utah Opioid Task Force’s Opioid Settlement Priorities website and Department of Health & Human Services’ Opioid Litigation page.
Updates	For updates on the state share, visit the Utah Opioid Task Force’s Opioid Settlement Priorities website, which links to the Utah Opioid Settlement Spending Blueprint. You can also review the Utah Office of Substance Use and Mental Health’s Opioid Litigation website, which contains information on legislative sessions and approved funding and links to its Annual Opioid Litigation Funding Report.	For resources on local share programming, visit the Utah Association of Counties’ Opioid Settlement Resources page. For other updates on the local share, check the websites for your county commission or local health department.