Wisconsin Health Officials Unveil Opioid Settlement Wish List

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022 -- 3:01 PM

(Terry Bell, WRN) State health officials have decided how they want to spend Wisconsin’s share of opioid settlement money.

Wisconsin could spend much of its opioid settlement money on new buildings. The Department of Health Services wants to spend 31-million dollars from the national opioid settlement. The biggest chunk of it, 11-million dollars, is earmarked for “two or three” capital projects.

Another six-million goes to Wisconsin’s tribes. Only three-and-a-half million-dollars would be spent on treatment and rehabilitation. Wisconsin lawmakers still have to sign-off on the proposal.

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