(a) Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. Eligible expenditures shall include services and programs that are consistent with the approved uses and terms of the statewide opioid settlement agreement as defined in this section, which may only include:

1. (i) to prevent substance use disorders through an evidence-based youth-focused public health education and prevention campaign, including school-based prevention and health care services and programs to reduce the risk of substance use by school-aged children;
2. (ii) to develop and implement statewide public education campaigns to reduce stigma against individuals with a substance use disorder, provide information about the risks of substance use, best practices for addressing substance use disorders, and information on how to locate services that reduce the adverse health consequences associated with substance use disorders or provide treatment for substance use disorders;
3. (iii) to provide substance use disorder treatment and early recovery programs for youth and adults, with an emphasis on programs that provide a continuum of care that includes screening and assessment for substance use disorders and co-occurring disorders, active treatment, family involvement, case management, relapse management for substance use and other co-occurring behavioral health disorders, vocational services, literacy services, parenting classes, family therapy and counseling services, crisis services, recovery services, evidence-based treatments, medication-assisted treatments, including medication assisted treatment provided in correctional facilities, psychiatric medication, psychotherapy and transitional services programs;
4. (iv) to provide harm reduction counseling and services to reduce the adverse health consequences associated with substance use disorders, including overdose prevention and prevention of communicable diseases related to substance use, provided by a substance use disorder service provider or qualified community-based organization;
5. (v) to provide housing services for people who are recovering from a substance use disorder. Such housing services shall be appropriate, based on the individual's current need and stage of recovery. Such housing services may include but are not limited to supportive housing services;
6. (vi) to support community-based programs that reduce the likelihood of criminal justice involvement for individuals who have or are at risk of having a substance use disorder;
7. (vii) to provide programs for pregnant women and new parents who currently or formerly have had a substance use disorder and newborns with neonatal abstinence syndrome; and/or
8. (viii) to provide vocational and educational training for individuals with or at risk for a substance use disorder.
9. 2. "Government entity" means (i) departments, agencies, divisions, boards, commissions and/or instrumentalities of the state of New York, excluding the department of financial services, provided however, the department of financial services shall be considered a government entity for purposes of claims or proceedings filed by it against Johnson & Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and/or Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc.; the superintendent of the department of financial services; and the department of law; and
10. (ii) any governmental subdivision within the boundaries of the state of New York, including, but not limited to, counties, municipalities, districts, towns and/or villages, and any of their subdivisions, special districts and school districts, and any department, agency, division, board, commission and/or instrumentality thereof.
11. 3. "Participating entities" means participating entities as such term is defined in any statewide opioid settlement agreement.
12. 4. "Opioid settlement fund" means the fund created by section ninety-nine-nn of the state finance law, the funds of which shall be used or distributed by the commissioners, as authorized by the legislature by statute or appropriation, for the purposes of preventing addiction and reducing the harms caused by the overdose and substance use disorder epidemic consistent with the terms of any statewide opioid settlement agreement.
13. 5. "Released claims" means released claims as such term is defined in the statewide opioid settlement agreements.
14. 6. "Released entities" means released entities as such term is defined in the statewide opioid settlement agreements.
15. 7. "New York subdivisions" means each county, city, town, village, or special district in the state of New York.
16. 8. "Statewide opioid settlement agreements" means agreements of statewide applicability entered into on or after June first, two thousand twenty-one by the office of the attorney general, including but not limited to consent judgments, consent decrees filed or unfiled, and related agreements or documents between the state and any party, the purpose of which is to resolve claims for conduct related to the manufacture, promotion, dispensing, sale, overutilization and/or distribution of opioid products which are consistent with subdivision sixteen of section sixty-three of the executive law. Copies of such agreements, including any amendments thereto, shall be kept on file by the attorney general, who shall make such available for inspection and copying pursuant to the provisions of article six of the public officers law.

3. The opioid settlement board shall consist of twenty-one members appointed as follows:

1. (i) the commissioner of addiction services and supports, the commissioner of mental health, the commissioner of health, and the director of the division of budget, or their designees;
2. (ii) two appointments by the governor;
3. (iii) three appointments by the temporary president of the senate;
4. (iv) three appointments by the speaker of the assembly;
5. (v) one appointments by the attorney general;
6. (vi) one appointment by the mayor of the city of New York; and
7. (vii) seven appointments from a list of nominees submitted, pursuant to a statewide opioid settlement agreement, by an association of counties that represents at least ninety percent of the counties in New York, counting both by number of counties and by population at the time such statewide opioid settlement agreement was finalized. Such appointments shall be selected as follows: three from the governor, one from the temporary president of the senate, one from the speaker of the assembly, one from the minority leader of the senate and one from the minority leader of the assembly.