Disbursement of grants.

1. Law
2. Oklahoma Statutes
3. State Government
4. Disbursement of grants.

A. 1. The Board shall conduct an initial disbursement of opioid grant awards to participating eligible participants. Such opioid grant awards shall be allocated amongst the different participating eligible participants based on the following criteria, giving equal weight to each criteria:

• a.the number of people per capita suffering from opioid use disorder in the participating political subdivision, or in the absence of such information, the opioid prescription rate in the political subdivision compared to the national average opioid prescription rate,
• b.the number of opioid overdose deaths in the participating political subdivision, and
• c.the amount of opioids distributed within the participating political subdivision.

2. Grant awards shall be subject to legal services agreements entered into by participating eligible participants based on the grant awards.

3. Initial opioid grant awards as provided for in this subsection shall be listed in an opioid grant award allocation matrix reviewed and approved by the Board to ensure that such awards adhere to the criteria as provided in this subsection.

B. Following the awarding of opioid grant awards pursuant to subsection A of this section, any remaining unencumbered balance in the Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Revolving Fund shall be available to the Board to award as grants to eligible participants; provided such awards shall only be utilized by eligible participants for approved purposes.

C. In the event an eligible participant merges, dissolves or ceases to exist, any remaining allocations of an awarded opioid grant award in excess of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) shall be reallocated equitably based on the composition of the successor eligible participant or the successor eligible participants.

Added by Laws 2020, c. 130, § 6.

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