Opioid settlement
What they say
Her campaign says that as health director she worked with both parties to hold drug companies accountable for the opioid epidemic and shape a historic settlement that funds addiction recovery.
“hold the big drug companies accountable for the opioid epidemic and shape a historic settlement to fund addiction recovery programs”
What the record shows
Ohio's OneOhio plan for sharing opioid settlement money came together while she was director; the attorney general said in March 2020 that local leaders had signed on. The governor's office says it built the plan with the attorney general and local leaders. The first settlement payments reached local governments in July 2022.
Why there is no assessment here
The official records we read don't say what part the health director played, so her role can't be settled here.
Limit: An absence from these releases is not evidence she had no part. Health department records from 2019 and 2020 could settle it.