The settlement is expected to provide up to $469.8 million in funding to California, the majority of which will be used to combat the opioid crisis, including treatment and recovery services for people struggling with opioid use disorder.
Today's approval comes on the heels of similar announcements involving Walmart and Walgreens in recent weeks.
"Today, we begin the year with another win in our fight to hold corporate giants to account for their role in fueling the opioid crisis," said Attorney General Bonta."Too many people in California and beyond have had their lives and futures ripped apart by the opioid crisis. The funds from this settlement will help bring much-needed relief to our communities and will ensure CVS changes its business practices to keep such a crisis from ever happening again.
The settlement will also have broad, court-ordered requirements to help prevent this type of crisis from happening again, including red-flagging and investigating suspicious prescriptions before dispensing the drug, site visits and compliance reviews of individual pharmacy locations among other stipulations
An executive committee of attorneys general from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Texas served as the lead negotiators on this deal. If sufficient states sign on to the settlement, the agreement will go to local governments around the country for sign-on during the first quarter of 2023.
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