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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill releasing over $56 million in opioid settlement funds and determining how future funds will be divvied up.

Future settlement funds will be distributed to state agencies to allocate for opioid addiction treatment and prevention.

The bill designates the existing funding for specific projects like jail-based services, recovery housing or organizations' infrastructure needs.

More than $56 million in settlement money Iowa has received to battle the opioid crisis can now be spent after years of legislative inaction.

Gov. Kim Reynolds on Friday, June 6, signed into law House File 1038 , outlining how Iowa will spend the millions of dollars the state has received through national settlements with drug manufacturers and pharmaceutical

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