City of Milwaukee - File #: 191096

• File #: 191096
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/15/2019
• In control: JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
• Final action: 7/27/2021
• Title: Substitute resolution relating to settlement funds received from opioid litigation.
• Sponsors: ALD. MURPHY, ALD. HAMILTON
• Indexes: DRUG ABUSE, SUITS PAYMENT, SUITS SETTLEMENT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
8/5/2021	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
7/27/2021	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
7/19/2021	1	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Appearing: Sponsor - Ald. Murphy Ald. Hamilton asked to be added as Co-sponsor. There were no objections.	Pass	5:0
7/15/2021	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
10/15/2019	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
191096
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
161061, 190458, 190817
Sponsor
ALD. MURPHY, HAMILTON
Title
Substitute resolution relating to settlement funds received from opioid litigation.
Analysis
This resolution directs that settlement funds received from Purdue Pharma in the settlement of opioid litigation be given to the Milwaukee Overdose Response Initiative.
Body
Whereas, On January 18, 2017, the Common Council adopted Resolution File Number 161061, creating a City-County Heroin, Opioid, and Cocaine Task Force; and

Whereas, On July 30, 2019, the Common Council adopted Resolution File Number 190458, authorizing the City Attorney to retain outside counsel and to investigate possible solutions to the opioid epidemic, including litigation; and

Whereas, Thousands of governmental entities throughout the United States have filed lawsuits alleging, among other things, that pharmaceutical companies and distributors engaged in fraudulent and deceptive trade practices in violation of regulatory and common law in marketing prescription opioids; and

Whereas, In 2019, in response to the overdose crisis, the Milwaukee Fire Department (MFD) partnered with the Milwaukee Health Department and several community organizations, including the Medical College of Wisconsin, to form the Milwaukee Overdose Response Initiative (MORI); and

Whereas, MORI uses opioid-related overdose data from MFD to initiate a rapid response by a trained community paramedic and peer support specialist to engage a client in treatment and recovery services following an overdose; and

Whereas, This initiative is a community-wide collaboration that consists of partners from treatment and recovery organizations, insurance companies, academic institutions, hospitals, health departments, and many others; and

Whereas, On October 15, 2019, the Common Council adopted Resolution File Number 190817, approving the selection of outside counsel in regard to opioid litigation; and

Whereas, Accord...