North Dakota Opioid Settlement

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The State of North Dakota, through its Attorney General, has reached court-approved settlement with opioid manufacturers and distributors.

Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee

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Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee

A requirement to receiving and spending settlement funds is the creation of an advisory committee. The Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee has been established through North Dakota Century Code 50-36

The Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee will provide input and recommendations to the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services Behavioral Health Division regarding the spending of funds received by the settlement. The usage of settlement funds must be used for opioid remediation and align with approved usages as identified in the settlement document Exhibit E.  

Committee members are listed under the Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee here.

Committee Meetings:

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Committee Meetings:

Political Subdivision Allocation Plans

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Political Subdivision Allocation Plans

As required by North Dakota Century Code 50-36-06, a political subdivision that recovers and retains moneys as a result of opioid litigation shall collaborate with a public health unit on the use of the moneys for local programs for remediating and abating the opioid crisis. All political subdivisions shall provide an allocation plan to the behavioral health division prior to expenditure.

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Submitted Subdivision Allocation Plans:

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Submitted Subdivision Allocation Plans:

State Opioid Settlement Funding

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State Opioid Settlement Funding

Funding opportunity closed 1/19/2024. All available funding was awarded following the first grant submission deadline of 12/22/2023.

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The following agencies received funding for their proposed projects:

  • Central Valley Health District ($37,409): Develop a Syringe Service Program in Jamestown, N.D., to help individuals with a substance use disorder connect to treatment and recovery services.
  • Community Connect Providers ($3.9 million): Expand access to the community-based behavioral health program designed to provide behavioral health support services to individuals through the provision of care coordination and peer support in their North Dakota community.
  • Community Medical Services ($452,389): Support the Opioid Treatment Program in Grand Forks by connecting individuals in need of opioid use disorder to evidence-based treatment services.
  • Endeavor Sober Living ($535,000): Establish a recovery house in Minot, N.D., specifically serving pregnant and parenting women.
  • First District Health Unit ($66,681): Expand the Syringe Service Program in Minot, N.D., to help individuals with a substance use disorder connect to treatment and recovery services.
  • Heartview Foundation ($426,527): Establish medications for opioid use disorder services in southwest North Dakota.
  • Nelson-Griggs District Health Unit ($21,600): Implement a system to standardize patient screenings for opioid use disorder within local hospitals to increase access to treatment and recovery services.
  • North Dakota State University Opioid and Naloxone Education (ONE) Program ($82,537): Work hand-in-hand with tribal leaders to implement opioid harm prevention in tribal communities.
  • Northeast Central Judicial District Drug Court in Grand Forks/Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ($51,000): Provide substance use disorder treatment services and coordination of care to individuals involved in the Northeast Central Judicial District Drug Court in Grand Forks.
  • Richland County Treatment Court ($134,000): Provide substance use disorder treatment services and coordination of care to individuals involved in the Richland County Treatment Court.
  • Sanford Medical Center Fargo ($397,430): Provide medications for opioid use disorder education and awareness training to health care providers, expand Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) and increase distribution of naloxone to uninsured patients.
  • Training Academy of Addiction Professionals /Heartview Foundation ($613,002): Support development of behavioral health workforce in North Dakota through increased addiction counselor training opportunities, college scholarships and paid internships.
  • USpireND – Healthy Families North Dakota ($130,075): Provide home visiting program for parents who are incarcerated and pregnant, parents who are incarcerated and have given birth within the last year, and parents in recovery and parents who have not yet entered recovery.
  • Valley City Public School ($160,000): Implement an evidence-based prevention curriculum in the Valley City Junior/Senior High School.

Annual Budget Reports

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Annual Budget Reports

Resources

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Resources