Idahoans may submit ideas on how to use state opioid settlement money

By: Laura Guido

Outlets: Idaho Capital Sun

Published: May 5, 2026

Words: 208

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago


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The Idaho Behavioral Health Council is seeking public input on how to prioritize spending from the state’s opioid settlement fund.

The fund, created from a nationwide settlement with opioid manufacturers, may be used for certain, approved mitigation for opioids, such as improving access to medication-assisted treatment, providing support for those in treatment and recovery, helping pregnant women and babies with neonatal abstinence syndrome, and others.

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