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Relating to the opioid settlement fund, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedApril 9, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeApril 9, 2025
- Done: Senate committeeApril 15, 2025
- Done: Passes the SenateMay 14, 202545–0
- Skipped: House committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the HouseMay 14, 202584–1
- Done: To the GovernorMay 27, 2025
- Done: Signed into lawJune 6, 2025
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What’s in it
This bill relates to and makes appropriations from the opioid settlement fund (fund). The bill provides that annually, the department of health and human services (HHS) and the office of the attorney general (AG) shall each submit a proposed legislative bill by the prefiling deadline for departments containing recommended appropriations from the fund for the upcoming fiscal year. To ensure equitable statewide services, HHS and the AG shall consider recommendations for the proposed legislative bill from each district behavioral health advisory council.
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The proposed legislative bills shall provide that of the unencumbered and unobligated moneys in the fund, percent is appropriated to HHS and percent is appropriated to the AG. Moneys appropriated to HHS or the AG shall be disbursed in accordance with the requirements of the master settlement agreements, the Act in which the money is appropriated, and the bill, and shall be accompanied by a statement on any printed or marketing materials that the funding is a one-time allocation from the fund. The bill requires HHS and the AG to submit a report jointly or individually to the general assembly by January 1, 2027, and by January each subsequent year, detailing the disbursements from the immediately preceding fiscal year, including the impact of the disbursements. _____ substance use disorders for adolescents and adults, for purposes of renovation and expansion of a campus as detailed in the bill. The bill also appropriates $30 million for FY 2024-2025 from the fund to HHS to abate the opioid crisis in the state. The bill takes effect upon enactment.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Changed since by amendments S-3189, H-1349; see Amendments. Full bill text · What changed before it passed
Senate subcommittee
Named April 9, 2025. On April 14, 2025 it recommended passage.
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Iowa Code it changes
Amends§12.51
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