{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-30.5","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-30.5","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in the Political Subdivisions Opioid Abatement Grants\n\nAct:\n\n1. “Approved purpose” and “approved purposes” mean evidence-\n\nbased, forward-looking strategies, programming and services used to:\n\na. expand the availability of treatment for individuals\n\naffected by opioid use disorders, co-occurring\n\nsubstance use disorders and mental health issues,\n\nb. develop, promote and provide evidence-based opioid use\n\nprevention strategies,\n\nc. provide opioid use disorder and co-occurring substance\n\nuse disorder avoidance and awareness education,\n\nd. decrease the oversupply of licit and illicit opioids,\n\ne. support recovery from addiction services performed by\n\nqualified and appropriately licensed providers,\n\nf. treat opioid use, abuse and disorders including early\n\nintervention screening, counseling and support,\n\ng. support individuals in treatment and recovery from\n\nopioid use, abuse and disorder,\n\nh. provide programs or services to connect individuals\n\nwith opioid use, abuse or disorder, or who are at risk\n\nof developing opioid use disorder, co-occurring\n\nsubstance use disorder and mental health issues, with\n\ntreatment and counseling programs and services,\n\ni. address the needs of individuals who are involved, or\n\nwho are at risk of becoming involved, in the criminal\n\njustice system due to opioid use, abuse or disorder\n\nthrough programs or services in municipal and county\n\ncriminal judicial systems including prearrest and\n\npostarrest diversion programs, pretrial services and\n\ndrug or recovery courts,\n\nj. address the needs of pregnant or parenting women with\n\nopioid use, abuse or disorder and their families,\n\nk. address the needs of parents and caregivers caring for\n\nbabies with neonatal abstinence syndrome,\n\nl. support efforts to prevent overprescribing and ensure\n\nappropriate prescribing and dispensing of opioids,\n\nm. support efforts to discourage or prevent misuse of\n\nopioids including the oversupply of licit and illicit\n\nopioids,\n\nn. support efforts to prevent or reduce overdose deaths\n\nor other opioid-related harms including through\n\nincreased availability and distribution of naloxone\n\nand other drugs that treat overdoses for use by first\n\nresponders, persons who have experienced an overdose\n\nevent, families, schools, community-based service\n\nproviders, social workers and other members of the\n\npublic,\n\no. reimburse or fund law enforcement and emergency\n\nresponder expenditures relating to the opioid epidemic\n\nincluding costs of responding to emergency medical or\n\npolice calls for service, equipment, treatment or\n\nresponse alternatives, mental health response training\n\nand training for law enforcement and emergency\n\nresponders as to appropriate practices and precautions\n\nwhen dealing with opioids or individuals who are at\n\nrisk of opioid overdose or death,\n\np. reimburse attorney fees and allowable expenses\n\ndirectly related to opioid litigation incurred as part\n\nof legal services agreements entered into before May\n\n21, 2020,\n\nq. support efforts to provide leadership, planning and\n\ncoordination to abate the opioid epidemic through\n\nactivities, programs or strategies for prevention and\n\nrecovery models including regional intergovernmental\n\nefforts and not-for-profit agency support,\n\nr. support education of youths regarding the dangers of\n\nopioid use, abuse and addiction,\n\ns. fund training relative to any approved purpose,\n\nt. monitor, surveil and evaluate opioid use, abuse or\n\ndisorder,\n\nu. provide educational and health care services related\n\nto nonopioid treatment alternatives, or\n\nv. provide opioid abatement as identified by the Oklahoma\n\nOpioid Abatement Board as consistent with the purpose\n\nof the Political Subdivisions Opioid Abatement Grants\n\nAct.\n\nProvided that, such strategies, programming and services occurred on\n\nor after January 1, 2015.\n\nApproved purpose also includes any approved uses as authorized\nves, or\n\nv. provide opioid abatement as identified by the Oklahoma\n\nOpioid Abatement Board as consistent with the purpose\n\nof the Political Subdivisions Opioid Abatement Grants\n\nAct.\n\nProvided that, such strategies, programming and services occurred on\n\nor after January 1, 2015.\n\nApproved purpose also includes any approved uses as authorized\n\nby opioid-related settlement agreements in which the State of\n\nOklahoma is a litigant or participant;\n\n2. “Board” means the Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Board;\n\n3. “Eligible participant” means any political subdivision\n\nimpacted by the opioid crisis;\n\n4. “Nonapproved purpose” and “nonapproved purposes” mean\n\nstrategies, programming and services not falling within the\n\ndefinition of approved purpose or approved purposes as defined in\n\nthis section;\n\n5. “Opioid funds” means all monetary amounts obtained through a\n\nsettlement or judgment by the Attorney General on behalf of this\n\nstate related to opioid litigation involving pharmaceutical supply\n\nchain participants including the Purdue Political Subdivision Fund\n\nbut excluding all other funds received pursuant to the Purdue\n\nSettlement Agreement;\n\n6. “Opioid grant awards” means grants funded from the Oklahoma\n\nOpioid Abatement Revolving Fund, awarded pursuant to the provisions\n\nof the Political Subdivisions Opioid Abatement Grants Act;\n\n7. “Pharmaceutical supply chain” means the process and channels\n\nthrough which controlled substances are manufactured, marketed,\n\npromoted, distributed or dispensed;\n\n8. “Pharmaceutical supply chain participant” means any entity\n\nthat engages in or has engaged in the manufacture, marketing,\n\npromotion, distribution or dispensing of an opioid analgesic;\n\n9. “Political subdivision” and “political subdivisions” have\n\nthe same meaning as provided in subparagraphs a, b, c and d of\n\nparagraph 11 of Section 152 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nPolitical subdivision also means the board of regents or board of\n\ntrustees of a state educational institution which is a member of The\n\nOklahoma State System of Higher Education;\n\n10. “Purdue Political Subdivision Fund” means the Twelve\n\nMillion Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($12,500,000.00) of funds\n\nreceived from the Purdue Settlement Agreement designed for\n\ndistribution to political subdivisions which have executed a release\n\nof legal claims as required by the Purdue Settlement Agreement; and\n\n11. “Purdue Settlement Agreement” means the settlement\n\nagreement entered into by this state and Purdue Pharma L.P., Purdue\n\nPharma, Inc. and the Purdue Frederick Company on March 26, 2019, and\n\napproved by the Court on April 2, 2019.","path":["OK Code","Title 74"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os74.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"21ec565556b48fe2c437de8eb21b2de15bebc1dfae5df9da088525ab58830cad","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-30.4","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-30.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}