Before a recent spending push, CT sat on piles of opioid settlement cash, KFF study finds

Connecticut Public – Friday, February 21, 2025
By Sujata Srinivasan

A national database tracking the spending of opioid settlement funds found Connecticut and other states sat on millions of dollars of that money during 2022 and 2023.

The data, compiled by the nonprofit KFF Health News, found Connecticut received $85 million in opioid settlement funds in 2022 and 2023.

Of that money, $80.5 million was not spent or allocated by the state’s Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee, according to KFF.

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