Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-30.5

As used in the Political Subdivisions Opioid Abatement Grants

Act:

1. “Approved purpose” and “approved purposes” mean evidence-

based, forward-looking strategies, programming and services used to:

a. expand the availability of treatment for individuals

affected by opioid use disorders, co-occurring

substance use disorders and mental health issues,

b. develop, promote and provide evidence-based opioid use

prevention strategies,

c. provide opioid use disorder and co-occurring substance

use disorder avoidance and awareness education,

d. decrease the oversupply of licit and illicit opioids,

e. support recovery from addiction services performed by

qualified and appropriately licensed providers,

f. treat opioid use, abuse and disorders including early

intervention screening, counseling and support,

g. support individuals in treatment and recovery from

opioid use, abuse and disorder,

h. provide programs or services to connect individuals

with opioid use, abuse or disorder, or who are at risk

of developing opioid use disorder, co-occurring

substance use disorder and mental health issues, with

treatment and counseling programs and services,

i. address the needs of individuals who are involved, or

who are at risk of becoming involved, in the criminal

justice system due to opioid use, abuse or disorder

through programs or services in municipal and county

criminal judicial systems including prearrest and

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postarrest diversion programs, pretrial services and

drug or recovery courts,

j. address the needs of pregnant or parenting women with

opioid use, abuse or disorder and their families,

k. address the needs of parents and caregivers caring for

babies with neonatal abstinence syndrome,

l. support efforts to prevent overprescribing and ensure

appropriate prescribing and dispensing of opioids,

m. support efforts to discourage or prevent misuse of

opioids including the oversupply of licit and illicit

opioids,

n. support efforts to prevent or reduce overdose deaths

or other opioid-related harms including through

increased availability and distribution of naloxone

and other drugs that treat overdoses for use by first

responders, persons who have experienced an overdose

event, families, schools, community-based service

providers, social workers and other members of the

public,

o. reimburse or fund law enforcement and emergency

responder expenditures relating to the opioid epidemic

including costs of responding to emergency medical or

police calls for service, equipment, treatment or

response alternatives, mental health response training

and training for law enforcement and emergency

responders as to appropriate practices and precautions

when dealing with opioids or individuals who are at

risk of opioid overdose or death,

p. reimburse attorney fees and allowable expenses

directly related to opioid litigation incurred as part

of legal services agreements entered into before May

21, 2020,

q. support efforts to provide leadership, planning and

coordination to abate the opioid epidemic through

activities, programs or strategies for prevention and

recovery models including regional intergovernmental

efforts and not-for-profit agency support,

r. support education of youths regarding the dangers of

opioid use, abuse and addiction,

s. fund training relative to any approved purpose,

t. monitor, surveil and evaluate opioid use, abuse or

disorder,

u. provide educational and health care services related

to nonopioid treatment alternatives, or

v. provide opioid abatement as identified by the Oklahoma

Opioid Abatement Board as consistent with the purpose

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of the Political Subdivisions Opioid Abatement Grants

Act.

Provided that, such strategies, programming and services occurred on

or after January 1, 2015.

Approved purpose also includes any approved uses as authorized
ves, or

v. provide opioid abatement as identified by the Oklahoma

Opioid Abatement Board as consistent with the purpose

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of the Political Subdivisions Opioid Abatement Grants

Act.

Provided that, such strategies, programming and services occurred on

or after January 1, 2015.

Approved purpose also includes any approved uses as authorized

by opioid-related settlement agreements in which the State of

Oklahoma is a litigant or participant;

2. “Board” means the Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Board;

3. “Eligible participant” means any political subdivision

impacted by the opioid crisis;

4. “Nonapproved purpose” and “nonapproved purposes” mean

strategies, programming and services not falling within the

definition of approved purpose or approved purposes as defined in

this section;

5. “Opioid funds” means all monetary amounts obtained through a

settlement or judgment by the Attorney General on behalf of this

state related to opioid litigation involving pharmaceutical supply

chain participants including the Purdue Political Subdivision Fund

but excluding all other funds received pursuant to the Purdue

Settlement Agreement;

6. “Opioid grant awards” means grants funded from the Oklahoma

Opioid Abatement Revolving Fund, awarded pursuant to the provisions

of the Political Subdivisions Opioid Abatement Grants Act;

7. “Pharmaceutical supply chain” means the process and channels

through which controlled substances are manufactured, marketed,

promoted, distributed or dispensed;

8. “Pharmaceutical supply chain participant” means any entity

that engages in or has engaged in the manufacture, marketing,

promotion, distribution or dispensing of an opioid analgesic;

9. “Political subdivision” and “political subdivisions” have

the same meaning as provided in subparagraphs a, b, c and d of

paragraph 11 of Section 152 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Political subdivision also means the board of regents or board of

trustees of a state educational institution which is a member of The

Oklahoma State System of Higher Education;

10. “Purdue Political Subdivision Fund” means the Twelve

Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($12,500,000.00) of funds

received from the Purdue Settlement Agreement designed for

distribution to political subdivisions which have executed a release

of legal claims as required by the Purdue Settlement Agreement; and

11. “Purdue Settlement Agreement” means the settlement

agreement entered into by this state and Purdue Pharma L.P., Purdue

Pharma, Inc. and the Purdue Frederick Company on March 26, 2019, and

approved by the Court on April 2, 2019.