Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. § 7.5-1001
Opioid Restitution Settlement Funding Interactive Dashboard
Effective Oct 1, 2025Added by Acts 2025, c. 690, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025; Acts 2025, c. 691, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.State of Maryland
- (a) The Maryland Office of Overdose Response, in collaboration with the Department, shall develop and maintain an interactive dashboard on Opioid Restitution Fund spending for the purpose of sharing prescription opioid-related settlement information with the public.
(b) The dashboard developed and maintained under subsection (a) of this section shall include, disaggregated by State, county, and municipality:
- (1) Payment schedule information on estimated payments to the State, county, or municipality from opioid settlements;
- (2) Past spending of settlement funds;
- (3) Spending plans and priorities; and
- (4) A detailed description of any initiative funded with settlement funds, including performance measures if applicable.
- (c) If there is a State, county, or municipal website that provides access to additional information on the use of opioid-related settlement funds by the State, county, or municipality, the dashboard shall include a link to the State, county, or municipal website.
(d)
(1) This subsection does not apply to a county or municipality that:
- (i) Complies with reporting requirements established in an opioid-related settlement; and
- (ii) Shares the data in the reports required under an opioid-related settlement with the appropriate State entity.
- (2) A county or municipality receiving settlement funds shall provide to the Department the necessary financial information related to settlement funding to include as information on the dashboard.
- (3) Information required to be provided under paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be in compliance with the terms of any opioid-related settlement agreement.
- (4) The Department shall upload opioid-related settlement information submitted to the Department by a county or municipality in compliance with the terms of an opioid-related settlement.
- (5) The Department shall establish an online portal with instructions for a county or municipality to report or upload required information to the Department for use in the dashboard.
- (e) To the extent practicable, the dashboard shall use existing platforms that provide data on opioid use and overdoses in the State.
- (f) The dashboard shall be developed and maintained using funds from the Opioid Restitution Fund as appropriated through the State budget.
Added by Acts 2025, c. 690, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025; Acts 2025, c. 691, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.