Last Action | 04/26/22: line items vetoed (Acts Ch. 240) |
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Title | AN ACT relating to the opioid abatement trust fund and declaring an emergency. |
Bill Documents |
Acts Chapter 240
Current/Final Introduced |
Bill Request Number | 1034 |
Sponsors | D. Bentley, A. Bowling, A. Gentry, R. Huff, K. Moser, M. Prunty |
Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 15.293 to provide that funds received from bankruptcy proceedings shall also be allocated to the Opioid abatement trust fund and local governments; specify that any named defendant in In re National Prescription Opiate Litigation, MDL No. 2804, Case No. 1:17-md-02804, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio is to be included as well. |
Index Headings of Original Version |
Opioids - Opioid abatement trust fund Bankruptcy - Opioid abatement trust fund, proceeds from bankruptcy proceedings Drugs and Medicines - Opioid abatement trust fund, proceeds from bankruptcy proceedings |
Jump to Proposed Amendments |
House Committee Substitute 1 Senate Committee Substitute 1 Senate Committee Amendment 1 Senate Committee Amendment 2 |
Votes | Vote History |
Governor's Veto Message | Veto |
12/01/21 |
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01/04/22 |
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01/19/22 |
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01/27/22 |
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01/28/22 |
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01/31/22 |
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02/01/22 |
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02/03/22 |
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03/24/22 |
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03/25/22 |
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04/13/22 |
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04/14/22 |
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04/26/22 |
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Amendment | House Committee Substitute 1 |
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Summary | Retain original provisions; add requirement that 51 percent of litigating entities with pending claims reach agreement; and add criteria of the negotiation class distribution metrics. |
Index Headings |
Drugs and Medicines - Opioid abatement trust fund, proceeds from bankruptcy proceedings Bankruptcy - Opioid abatement trust fund, proceeds from bankruptcy proceedings Opioids - Opioid abatement trust fund Courts, District - Opioid abatement trust fund |
Amendment | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
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Summary | Retain original provisions; specify that if the negotiation class distribution metrics established in In re National Prescription Opiate Litigation, MDL No. 2804, Case No. 1:17-md-02804, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, would result in a city receiving a sum total of less than $30,000 in any individual settlement, these payments shall be instead made to the county, consolidated local government, or urban-county government in which the city sits. |
Index Headings |
Courts, District - Opioid abatement trust fund, settlement proceeds Drugs and Medicines - Opioid abatement trust fund Bankruptcy - Opioid abatement trust fund, proceeds from bankruptcy proceedings Opioids - Opioid abatement trust fund |
Amendment | Senate Committee Amendment 1 |
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Summary | Retain original provisions and establish the local government fee fund, which consists of moneys received from the national contingency fee fund established by the National Prescription Opiate Litigation, to be allocated to each county, consolidated local government, urban-county government, and city within the Commonwealth to pay counsel; EMERGENCY. |
Index Headings |
Courts, Circuit - National Prescription Opiate Litigation, local government fee fund Drugs and Medicines - Local government fee fund, moneys from National Prescription Opiate Litigation Opioids - National Prescription Opiate Litigation, local government fee fund Effective Dates, Emergency - National Prescription Opiate Litigation, local government fee fund |
Amendment | Senate Committee Amendment 2 |
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Summary | Make title amendment. |
Index Headings | Title Amendments - HB 92/GA |
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