MEETING DATE:
December 14, 2021
SUBJECT:
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RESOLUTION NO. 2021-8957 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE AND SUBMIT THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT PARTICIPATION FORMS FOR THE PROPOSED CALIFORNIA STATE-SUBDIVISION AGREEMENTS REGARDING DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF SETTLEMENT FUNDS FOR THE JANSSEN SETTLEMENT AND THE DISTRIBUTORS SETTLEMENT
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Recommendation
Recommendation
ADOPT resolution authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute and submit the Opioid Settlement Participation Forms for the proposed California State-Subdivision Agreements Regarding Distribution and Use of Settlement Funds for the Janssen Settlement and the Distributors Settlement
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Board or Commission Action
Relevant Council Strategic Theme
Planning for the Future
Good Governance
Relevant Department Goal
Not applicable
Executive Summary
California has joined other government agencies across the United States that have agreed to pending Opioid Settlements with Janssen and with Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen (Distributors) relating to the opioid epidemic. To be able to participate in any settlement, the City of San Marcos must execute and submit two Settlement Participation Forms. The City must submit these forms by January 2, 2022 in order to be a Participating Subdivision in the settlements and, pending final acceptance by all parties of the settlements, receive Settlement Funds.
Discussion
On July 1, 2021, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced settlements to resolve claims made by 4,000 state and local governments across the country in federal and state courts against Janssen, a company that manufactured and marketed opioids, and Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen - the nation's three major pharmaceutical distributors. If approved, the settlements would resolve litigations over the companies' role in creating and fueling the opioid epidemic.
Following the July 1, 2021 announcement, states and local governments were given the ...
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