The office will include researchers and epidemiologists tasked with finding ways to help people in recovery, the report said. It is being funded initially by $10.2 million from a sum of more than $205 million the state is collecting from legal settlements with opioid manufacturers and distributors.
The settlement sum will also fund treatment and recovery services to the tune of $92.5 million, the development of educational prevention materials at $39.4 million, and expanded recovery and peer support services at $25.3 million, the report said.