U.S. Reps Marcy Kaptur and David McKinley introduce bipartisan legislation to ensure opioid settlements are used to address opioids, Kaptur's congressional district of which includes Cleveland....The Opioid Settlement Accountability Act would ensure funds from opioid related settlements are used to address the opioid crisis and are not being used as a piggy bank for other projects....Ohio had the highest rate of opioids-related deaths nationwide in 2015 and the second highest rate in 2017
U.S. Reps. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), a Toledo Democrat whose ninth congressional district extends to Cleveland, and David B. McKinley (R-W.Va.), a West Virginia Republican Washington, D.C. — U.S. Rep Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), a Toledo Democrat whose ninth congressional district extends to Cleveland, and David B. McKinley (R-W.Va.), a West Virginia Republican, have introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at ensuring the funds that states receive from opioid settlements are used to fight the epidemic and are focused towards treatment, prevention, education, and enforcement. The Opioid Settlement Accountability Act (H.R.5242) would ensure funds from opioid related settlements are used to address the opioid crisis and are not being used as a piggy bank for other projects. Click here to read the full text of H.R. 5242. “As the opioids litigation settlements are determined, the federal government must assure Medicaid-related dollars are directed...