CT HB05511

Establishes the Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee to ensure opioid settlement proceeds are spent on substance use disorder abatement infrastructure, programs, services, supports and resources for prevention, treatment, recovery and harm reduction.

Committee membership includes the Secretary of Office of Policy and Management, Attorney General, and Commissioners of Children and Families, Mental Health and Addiction Services and Public Health, all serving as ex-officio members.

Adds legislative leadership including the Senate president pro tempore, House speaker, majority and minority leaders, and committee chairs and ranking members from appropriations and public health committees, all of whom must have personal or family experience with substance use disorder.

Increases municipal representatives from 21 to 23 individuals appointed by the Governor, and includes the executive director of the Commission on Racial Equity in Public Health.

Appoints 8 individuals by the commissioner including community-based treatment providers for adults and adolescents (nonvoting), an addiction medicine professional (nonvoting), three individuals with substance use disorder experience or family members, and two individuals supporting infants and children affected by the opioid crisis.