Settlements Information​

Settlement Funds Allocation

The Illinois Opioid Allocation Agreement governs how funds from any national multistate opioid settlement will be allocated throughout the state.

The Allocation Agreement establishes that 55% of funds will go to the Illinois Opioid Remediation Fund, 20% of the funds are to be allocated to the state; and 25% directly to Illinois Local Governments (LGs), including all counties and eligible municipalities.

Pursuant to an additional agreement between the state and the city of Chicago, a portion of the state’s 20% share will go directly to the city for abatement purposes. This brings the overall percentage allocated to LGs to approximately 33% of the funds. To date, payments have been allocated as follows.

Source: Illinois Attorney General. Information current as of May 1, 2025.

State Share (12%)

The following table details the State Share allocations for abatement uses. The graphic in the following dashboard reports how those abatement uses align with the Approved Uses designated in the Allocation Agreement. 

Source: Illinois Attorney General. Information current as of July 1, 2025.

Remediation Fund (55%)

The Remediation Fund received payments of $248 million as of May 1, 2025. The following table details the recommendations that have been made by the Illinois Opioid Remediation Advisory Board and approved by the Governor’s Steering Committee for abatement uses.

Source: Abatement Use and Allocations reported at the Governors Opioid and Recovery Steering Committee (April 24, 2025). NOFO information is updated by the RCCA. Reported expenditures do not reflect final amounts for FY25. Current as of 7/23/2025.

IGA: Intergovernmental Agreement

Future Payments

Payments to the Remediation Fund are projected to continue to 2038 and are currently estimated to total approximately $795.23 million for settlements finalized to date.

*Source: Illinois Attorney General. Current as of May 1, 2025

Local Governments (33%)

Local governments who have received any payment pursuant to a national opioid settlement are requested to submit a quarterly report within 30 days of the end of each calendar year quarter. The initial reporting period was Q1 2023, or January-March 2023.  

This self-reported data is not vetted by the state; the data reported here is what was reported to the state, and the state makes no guarantee of accuracy or completeness. Questions about funding opportunities or expenditures related to these funds should be directed to the relevant local government.

LG Reported Payments and Expenditures

The following dashboard shows the total payments received and funds expended by year as reported by LGs to date.

LG Reported Payments and Expenditures Details

The following dashboard lists participating local governments and their reported payment and expenditures by type. The pie chart shows a break down of the funds LGs have reported expending to date by expense type. LGs are requested to report on both abatement expenses and non-abatement expenses of the funds, which may include attorney’s fees.

Select a specific entity in the “Entity Name” fields to filter the data by LG.

Reported Local Government Expenditures by Approved Use​

The following dashboard shows the expenditures reported by LGs categorized by approved use. Per the Illinois Opioid Allocation Agreement, there are twelve approved use categories that include treatment, prevention, and other evidence-based or evidence-informed abatement strategies.

References

  1. Executive Order 2022-19. (2022). Order regarding the administration of settlement proceeds received from illinois’ opioid litigation and creating the illinois opioid remediation advisory board and the office of opioid settlement administration. https://www.illinois.gov/government/executive-orders/executive-order.executive-order-number-19.2022.html