2022 House Bill 5968

Create state “opioid healing and recovery fund”

Introduced in the House

March 24, 2022

Introduced by Rep. Mary Whiteford (R-80)

To create a segregated state account (“fund”) to hold money extracted from pharmaceutical companies in lawsuits related to their sales of opioid pain killers, and spend it in a manner consistent with the “judgment, settlement, or compromise of claims” in legal settlements with certain drug producers (called the "Janssen settlement" and the "National Prescription Opiate Litigation").

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary

April 12, 2022

Reported without amendment

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

April 28, 2022

Amendment offered by Rep. Jeff Yaroch (R-33)

To give preference in spending his money to cities, villages, and townships with a population of less than 10,000.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Passed in the House 89 to 10 (details)

Received in the Senate

May 3, 2022

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Human Services