PA opioid settlement spending to be reviewed in secret

Mar 6, 2024 · HARRISBURG — Counties will soon have to report how they spent millions of dollars they received from the first rounds of opioid settlement payments in Pennsylvania. But …

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Scrutiny And Secrecy Defined Pennsylvania Debates Over How To …

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Jan 5, 2025 · Legal concerns over these programs led commissioners in Westmoreland County to pull $150,000 in opioid money from a nonprofit, Spotlight PA and WESA reported earlier this …

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How Are States Spending Their Opioid Settlement Cash? Look Yours …

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Dec 19, 2024 · States were given an opportunity to review the data and ... The top priority to emerge from early opioid settlement spending was treatment, with more than $416 million …

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Pa. Opioid Settlement Money: 5 Key Issues In 2024 • Spotlight PA

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Dec 27, 2024 · Legal concerns over these programs led commissioners in Westmoreland County to pull $150,000 in opioid money from a nonprofit, Spotlight PA and WESA reported earlier this …

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How Are States Spending Opioid Settlement Cash? We Built A …

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Dec 16, 2024 · Payback: Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash. Opioid manufacturers and distributors are paying more than $54 billion in restitution to settle lawsuits about their role in …

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PA Spends $3 Million To Centralize Care For Patients With …

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3 days ago · The Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs announced the availability of $3 million in grant funding to provide integrated, centralized healthcare that addresses both …

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Department Of Drug And Alcohol Programs - PA.GOV

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3 days ago · Harrisburg, PA – The Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) today announced the availability of $3 million in grant funding to provide integrated, centralized …

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Opioid Settlement Funds Approved For Housing Support

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2 days ago · Connecticut has a lot of money to spend on this life or death issue. The state has so far received more than $158 million in settlement funds paid by pharmacies and opioid …

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Kroger Settles Opioid Lawsuit, Will Pay Kentucky $110 Million

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Jan 9, 2025 · Over the next 13 years, Kentucky is set to receive $110 million from a settlement with Kroger that will go to addressing the opioid crisis, Attorney General Russell Coleman …

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DOJ Sues Walgreens For Allegedly Filling Illegal Opioid Prescriptions

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1 hour ago · And last summer, Rite Aid agreed to a $7.5M settlement and to allow the DOJ to have a $401.8M claim in the company’s bankruptcy case for also filling unnecessary and …

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How many opioid Settlement dollars are being spent in Pennsylvania?

The post New Database Tracks How 10s of Millions in Opioid Settlement Dollars Are Being Spent in Pennsylvania appeared first on StateCollege.com. Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. ...

Does Pennsylvania's opioid settlement money comply with the Sunshine Act?

HARRISBURG — A member of the board overseeing Pennsylvania’s opioid settlement money said he’s concerned the group’s actions don’t comply with the state’s Sunshine Act, echoing transparency questions first raised publicly by Spotlight PA and WESA. ...

Can Pennsylvania prosecutor offices get money from opioid settlements?

While prosecutor offices around Pennsylvania are eligible to receive millions of dollars from opioid settlements, their counterparts on the other side of the courtroom have been shut out. Guidance from the opioid trust discouraged counties from spending their funds on public defender positions, Spotlight PA reported in April. ...

What are the key takeaways from the year in opioid settlement spending?

Here are five key takeaways from the year in opioid settlement spending, as Pennsylvania responds to an epidemic that continues to kill thousands of people annually. 1. Debates over handing out clean needles to drug users There’s a contradiction between opioid settlement documents and Pennsylvania’s drug laws. ...

Is there a contradiction between opioid settlement documents and Pennsylvania's drug laws?

There’s a contradiction between opioid settlement documents and Pennsylvania’s drug laws. The consequences played out in a rural Western Pennsylvania community this year, as a proposed solution stalled in the legislature. At the center of the debate are programs that provide clean syringes and other supplies to drug users. ...

How much money does the Pennsylvania opioid trust receive?

Pennsylvania expects to receive more than $1 billion through settlements and litigation with opioid companies, and the trust is responsible for distributing it. Most of the money is going to counties, and they had to file their first comprehensive spending reports with the trust earlier this year. ...