DATE: December 14, 2021
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City Attorney
SUBJECT
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Adopt a Resolution Approving Participation in the National Opioid Settlement, Accepting the Terms of the California Allocation Agreement, and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute and Submit all Necessary Settlement Participation Documents on Behalf of the City of Hayward
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) approving participation in the National Opioid Settlement, accepting the terms of the California Allocation Agreement, and authorizing the City Manager to execute and submit all necessary settlement participation documents on behalf of the City of Hayward.
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SUMMARY
On July 21, 2021, the National Prescription Opiate Litigation MDL Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee, several State Attorneys General, and four major defendants announced agreement on terms of proposed nationwide settlements to resolve all Opioids litigation brought by states and local political subdivisions against the three largest pharmaceutical distributors: McKesson; Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen (“Distributors”); and manufacturer Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and its parent company Johnson & Johnson (collectively, “J&J”). These settlements, if agreed and adopted, will provide substantial funds to states and local subdivisions for abatement of the Opioids epidemic across the country and will impose transformative changes in the way the settling defendants conduct their business.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Resolution