                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

OPIOID ABATEMENT AUTHORITY ESTABLISHED (§ 2.2-2366)

The Opioid Abatement Authority is established as an independent body. The
purpose of the Authority is to abate and remediate the opioid epidemic in the
Commonwealth through financial support from the Fund, in the form of grants,
donations, or other assistance, for efforts to treat, prevent, and reduce opioid
use disorder and the misuse of opioids in the Commonwealth. The
Authority&#8217;s exercise of powers conferred by this article shall be deemed
to be the performance of an essential governmental function and matters of
public necessity for which public moneys may be spent and private property
acquired.

HISTORY: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 306, 307.