Kentucky Revised Statutes Title III. Executive Branch § 15.293.Opioid abatement trust fund

(a) Fifty percent (50%) of all proceeds received by the Commonwealth, counties, consolidated local governments, urban-county governments, and cities of the Commonwealth in any settlement, judgment, or bankruptcy proceeding against any entity or person engaged in the manufacturing or distribution of opioids to the extent included in a settlement agreement; and

(b) Any other moneys received from state appropriations, gifts, grants, federal funds, or any other source not prohibited by law.

(4)(a) The fund shall not consist of the remaining fifty percent (50%) of all proceeds received by the Commonwealth, counties, consolidated local governments, urban-county governments, and cities of the Commonwealth in any settlement, judgment, or bankruptcy proceeding against any entity or person engaged in the manufacturing or distribution of opioids to the extent that it is not inconsistent with an order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(b) The remaining fifty percent (50%) of all proceeds not included in the fund shall be paid to counties, consolidated local governments, urban-county governments, and cities of the Commonwealth in accordance with the negotiation class distribution metrics established in In re National Prescription Opiate Litigation, MDL No. 2804, Case No. 1:17-md-02804, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio unless precluded by order of a court of competent jurisdiction in connection with any settlement, judgment, or bankruptcy proceeding. To the extent that the negotiation class distribution metrics would result in a city receiving a sum total of less than thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) in any individual settlement, judgment, or bankruptcy proceeding, such payments shall be made to the county, consolidated local government, or urban-county government in which that city sits.

(d) To the extent that a settlement has been reached in any litigation against any entity or person engaged in the manufacturing or distribution of opioids as provided in paragraph (a) of this subsection, each county, consolidated local government, urban-county government, city, political subdivision, and public agency, as that term is defined in KRS 61.805(2), of the Commonwealth shall be deemed to have released its claims against the person or entity and its affiliates and subsidiaries to the extent referenced in a settlement agreement, consent judgment, order, or other document that reflects the terms of any settlement.

(9)(a) The Department of Law may recover its reasonable costs of litigation from the moneys received under subsection (3)(a) of this section.

(b) The Department of Law may recover any direct costs, including employee time, used to perform or administer the duties required by this section and KRS 15.291 from the moneys received under subsection (3)(a) of this section. The Department of Law shall report all such recovered costs to the commission no less than annually.