SUBJECT:
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Request Approval of the Interlocal Agreement to Monitor and Review the Expenditure of Opioid Settlement Funds Between Marion County and Marion County Hospital District (Budget Impact - Neutral; not to exceed $213,000)
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INITIATOR: DEPARTMENT:
Cheryl Martin, Director Community Services
DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:
The State of Florida filed an action in reference to the National Prescription Opiate Litigation, No. 2804 in which Marion County and the City of Ocala are litigating participants. Under the Memorandum of Understanding with the State of Florida, in order to be considered a “Qualified County” and be entitled to receive its share of the regional funds, the County adopted an abatement plan and entered into an interlocal agreement with the City of Ocala relating to the expenditure of opioid funds. It is estimated that the regional opioid settlement fund will receive approximately $19,321,468 over the next 18 years.
An Opioid Settlement Committee was also created per the interlocal agreement with the City of Ocala to establish priorities for the expenditures of the regional opioid settlement fund; and this year, the Committee voted to enter into an interlocal agreement with the Marion County Hospital District to provide grant oversight and monitoring.
The attached Interlocal Agreement, as recommended by the Opioid Settlement Committee, establishes the framework between Marion County and Marion County Hospital District for vetting, monitoring and reporting of expenditures from the Regional Opioid Settlement fund.
BUDGET/IMPACT:
Neutral; not to exceed $213,000.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
Motion to Approve the Interlocal Agreement to Monitor and Review the Expenditure of Opioid Settlement Funds.
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