(A) This act may be cited as the 'South Carolina Opioid Recovery Act'. (B) The purpose of this act is to ratify and implement the necessary terms of certain opioid-related settlements entered into by the State of South Carolina and its participating political subdivisions by: (1) creating the South Carolina Opioid Recovery Fund from which money will be distributed to help address and remediate opioid-related issues; (2) creating the South Carolina Opioid Recovery Fund Board to administer and distribute money in the South Carolina Opioid Recovery Fund; and (3) barring future claims by state and local governmental entities against certain companies which have entered into opioid-related settlements with the State of South Carolina. HISTORY: 2022 Act No. 222 (H.5182), Section 1, eff May 23, 2022.
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