Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB589 Compare Versions

Version 1 (Old)

Version 2 (New)

Old	New		Differences
1	1
2	2
3	3		EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
4	4		[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5		-	Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
6		-	Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by
7		-	amendment.
8	5		sb0589
9	6
10	7		SENATE BILL 589
11	8		J1 5lr3074
12		-	CF ~~HB 798~~
	9	+	CF 5lr1606
13	10		By: Senator Augustine
14	11		Introduced and read first time: January 23, 2025
15	12		Assigned to: Finance
16		-	Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
17		-	Senate action: Adopted
18		-	Read second time: February 21, 2025
19	13
20		-	~~CHAPTER ______~~
	14	+	A BILL ENTITLED
21	15
22	16		AN ACT concerning 1
23	17
24	18		Opioid Restitution Fund – Interactive Dashboard 2
25	19
26	20		FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Office of Overdose Response, in collaboration 3
27	21		with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop and maintain an interactive 4
28	22		dashboard on Opioid Restitution Fund spending to share prescription opioid–related 5
29		-	settlement information with the public; requiring the dashboard to include links to 6
30		-	the State, county, or municipal websites that provide access to additional 7
31		-	information on the use of opioid–related settlement funds; requiring counties and 8
32		-	municipalities receiving settlement funding to provide certain information to the 9
33		-	Department to include on the dashboard in a certain manner; requiring that the 10
34		-	dashboard be developed and maintained using funds from the Opioid Restitution 11
35		-	Fund appropriated through the State budget; and generally relating to an interactive 12
36		-	dashboard on Opioid Restitution Fund spending. 13
	23	+	settlement information with the public; requiring counties and municipalities 6
	24	+	receiving settlement funding to provide certain information to the Department to 7
	25	+	include on the dashboard in a certain manner; requiring that the dashboard be 8
	26	+	developed and maintained using funds from the Opioid Restitution Fund 9
	27	+	appropriated through the State budget; and generally relating to an interactive 10
	28	+	dashboard on Opioid Restitution Fund spending. 11
37	29
38		-	BY adding to 14
39		-	Article – Health – General 15
40		-	Section 7.5–1001 to be under the new subtitle “Subtitle 10. Opioid Restitution 16
41		-	Settlement Funding Interactive Dashboard” 17
42		-	Annotated Code of Maryland 18
43		-	(2023 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 19
	30	+	BY adding to 12
	31	+	Article – Health – General 13
	32	+	Section 7.5–1001 to be under the new subtitle “Subtitle 10. Opioid Restitution 14
	33	+	Settlement Funding Interactive Dashboard” 15
	34	+	Annotated Code of Maryland 16
	35	+	(2023 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 17
44	36
45		-	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY ~~THE~~ GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 20
46		-	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 21
	37	+	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY TH E GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 18
	38	+	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 19
47	39
48		-	Article – Health – General 22 2 SENATE BILL 589
	40	+	Article – Health – General 20
	41	+
	42	+	SUBTITLE 10. OPIOID RESTITUTION SETTLEMENT FUNDING INTERACTIVE 21
	43	+	DASHBOARD. 22
	44	+
	45	+	7.5–1001. 23
	46	+	2 SENATE BILL 589
	47	+
	48	+
	49	+	(A) THE MARYLAND OFFICE OF OVERDOSE RESPONSE, IN 1
	50	+	COLLABORATION WI TH THE DEPARTMENT , SHALL DEVELOP AND MA INTAIN AN 2
	51	+	INTERACTIVE DASHBOAR D ON OPIOID RESTITUTION FUND SPENDING FOR THE 3
	52	+	PURPOSE OF SHARING P RESCRIPTION OPIOID –RELATED SETTLEMENT 4
	53	+	INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC. 5
	54	+
	55	+	(B) THE DASHBOARD DEVELOP ED AND MAINTAINED UN DER SUBSECTION 6
	56	+	(A) OF THIS SECTION SHAL L INCLUDE, DISAGGREGATED BY STATE, COUNTY, AND 7
	57	+	MUNICIPALITY: 8
	58	+
	59	+	(1) PAYMENT SCHEDULE INFO RMATION ON ESTIMATED PAYMENTS 9
	60	+	TO THE STATE, COUNTY, OR MUNICIPALITY FROM OPIOID SETTLEMENTS ; 10
	61	+
	62	+	(2) PAST SPENDING OF SETT LEMENT FUNDS ; 11
	63	+
	64	+	(3) SPENDING PLANS AND PR IORITIES; AND 12
	65	+
	66	+	(4) A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ANY INITIATIVE FU NDED WITH 13
	67	+	SETTLEMENT FUNDS , INCLUDING PERFORMANC E MEASURES IF APPLIC ABLE. 14
	68	+
	69	+	(C) THE DASHBOARD SHALL I NCLUDE INFORMATION O N PUBLIC HEARINGS 15
	70	+	CONDUCTED IN THE STATE, COUNTY, OR MUNICIPALITY REGA RDING THE USE OF 16
	71	+	SETTLEMENT FUNDS FRO M THE OPIOID RESTITUTION FUND. 17
	72	+
	73	+	(D) (1) A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALI TY RECEIVING SETTLEM ENT FUNDS 18
	74	+	SHALL PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT THE NECESS ARY FINANCIAL INFORM ATION 19
	75	+	RELATED TO SETTLEMEN T FUNDING TO INCLUDE AS INFORM ATION ON THE 20
	76	+	DASHBOARD . 21
	77	+
	78	+	(2) INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED UNDER PARAGRAPH 22
	79	+	(1) OF THIS SUBSECTION S HALL BE IN COMPLIANC E WITH THE TERMS OF ANY 23
	80	+	OPIOID–RELATED SETTLEMENT A GREEMENT. 24
	81	+
	82	+	(3) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTA BLISH AN ONLINE PORTAL WITH 25
	83	+	INSTRUCTIONS FOR A C OUNTY OR MUNICIPALIT Y TO REPORT OR UPLOA D REQUIRED 26
	84	+	INFORMATION TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR USE IN THE DASHBOARD . 27
	85	+
	86	+	(E) TO THE EXTENT PRACTIC ABLE, THE DASHBOARD SHALL USE EXISTING 28
	87	+	PLATFORMS THAT PROVI DE DATA ON OPIOID US E AND OVERDOSES IN THE STATE. 29
	88	+
	89	+	(F) THE DASHBOARD SHALL B E DEVELOPED AND MAIN TAINED USING 30
	90	+	FUNDS FROM THE OPIOID RESTITUTION FUND AS APPROPRIATED THROUGH THE 31
	91	+	STATE BUDGET . 32 SENATE BILL 589 3
49	92
50	93
51	94
52		-	~~SUBTITLE 10~~. ~~OPIOID RESTITUTION SETTLEMENT FUNDING INTERACTIVE~~ 1
53		-	~~DASHBOARD~~. 2
	95	+	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 1
	96	+	October 1, 2025. 2
54	97
55		-	7.5–1001. 3
56		-
57		-	(A) THE MARYLAND OFFICE OF OVERDOSE RESPONSE, IN 4
58		-	COLLABORATION WITH T HE DEPARTMENT , SHALL DEVELOP AND MA INTAIN AN 5
59		-	INTERACTIVE DASHBOAR D ON OPIOID RESTITUTION FUND SPENDING FOR THE 6
60		-	PURPOSE OF SHARING P RESCRIPTION OPIOID –RELATED SETTLEMENT 7
61		-	INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC. 8
62		-
63		-	(B) THE DASHBOARD DEVELOP ED AND MAINTAINED UN DER SUBSECTION 9
64		-	(A) OF THIS SECTION SHAL L INCLUDE, DISAGGREGATED BY STATE, COUNTY, AND 10
65		-	MUNICIPALITY: 11
66		-
67		-	(1) PAYMENT SCHEDULE INFO RMATION ON ESTI MATED PAYMENTS 12
68		-	TO THE STATE, COUNTY, OR MUNICIPALITY FROM OPIOID SETTLEMENTS ; 13
69		-
70		-	(2) PAST SPENDING OF SETT LEMENT FUNDS ; 14
71		-
72		-	(3) SPENDING PLANS AND PR IORITIES; AND 15
73		-
74		-	(4) A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ANY INITIATIVE FU NDED WITH 16
75		-	SETTLEMENT FUNDS , INCLUDING PERFO RMANCE MEASURES IF A PPLICABLE. 17
76		-
77		-	(C) THE IF THERE IS A STATE, COUNTY, OR MUNICIPAL WEBSITE THAT 18
78		-	PROVIDES ACCESS TO A DDITIONAL INFORMATIO N ON THE USE OF OPIO ID–RELATED 19
79		-	SETTLEMENT FUNDS BY THE STATE, COUNTY, OR MUNICIPALITY , THE DASHBOARD 20
80		-	SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION ON PUBLIC HEA RINGS CONDUCTED IN THE STATE, 21
81		-	COUNTY, OR MUNICIPALITY REGA RDING THE USE OF SETTLEMENT FUNDS FRO M THE 22
82		-	OPIOID RESTITUTION FUND A LINK TO THE STATE, COUNTY, OR MUNICIPAL 23
83		-	WEBSITE. 24
84		-
85		-	(D) (1) THIS SUBSECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO A COUNT Y OR 25
86		-	MUNICIPALITY THAT : 26
87		-
88		-	(I) COMPLIES WITH REPORTI NG REQUIREMENTS 27
89		-	ESTABLISHED IN AN OP IOID–RELATED SETTLEMENT ; AND 28
90		-
91		-	(II) SHARES THE DATA IN TH E REPORTS REQUIRED U NDER AN 29
92		-	OPIOID–RELATED SETTLEMENT W ITH THE APPROPRIATE STATE ENTITY. 30
93		-	SENATE BILL 589 3
94		-
95		-
96		-	(2) A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY RECEIVI NG SETTLEMENT FUNDS 1
97		-	SHALL PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT THE NECESS ARY FINANCIAL INFORM ATION 2
98		-	RELATED TO SETTLEMEN T FUNDING TO INCLUDE AS INFORMATION ON TH E 3
99		-	DASHBOARD . 4
100		-
101		-	(2) (3) INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED UNDER 5
102		-	PARAGRAPH (1) (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION SHAL L BE IN COMPLIANCE W ITH THE 6
103		-	TERMS OF ANY OPIOID –RELATED SETTLEMENT A GREEMENT. 7
104		-
105		-	(3) (4) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL UPLO AD OPIOID–RELATED 8
106		-	SETTLEMENT INFORMATI ON SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT BY A COUNT Y OR 9
107		-	MUNICIPALITY IN COMP LIANCE WITH THE TE RMS OF AN OPIOID –RELATED 10
108		-	SETTLEMENT . 11
109		-
110		-	(5) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTA BLISH AN ONLINE PORT AL WITH 12
111		-	INSTRUCTIONS FOR A C OUNTY OR MUNICIPALIT Y TO REPORT OR UPLOA D REQUIRED 13
112		-	INFORMATION TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR USE IN THE DASHBOARD . 14
113		-
114		-	(E) TO THE EXTENT PRACTIC ABLE, THE DASHBOARD SHALL USE EXISTING 15
115		-	PLATFORMS THAT PROVI DE DATA ON OPIOID US E AND OVERDOSES IN T HE STATE. 16
116		-
117		-	(F) THE DASHBOARD SHALL B E DEVELOPED AND MAIN TAINED USING 17
118		-	FUNDS FROM THE OPIOID RESTITUTION FUND AS APPROPRIATED THROUGH THE 18
119		-	STATE BUDGET . 19
120		-
121		-	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 20
122		-	October 1, 2025. 21
123		-
124		-
125		-
126		-	Approved:
127		-	________________________________________________________________________________
128		-	Governor.
129		-	________________________________________________________________________________
130		-	President of the Senate.
131		-	________________________________________________________________________________
132		-	Speaker of the House of Delegates.