Michigan Opioids Task Force

The Michigan Opioids Task Force was created as an advisory body within the Department of Health and Human Services and consists of 12 members of the executive branch of state government. Members of the Task Force are ex officio members and serve at the pleasure of the governor. The director of the Department shall designate the chairperson of the Task Force. In September 2022, Governor Whitmer signed Executive Order No. 2022-2 expanding the Michigan Opioid Task Force to include one representative appointed by the Governor from each of the ten regions established by the Department for specialty Prepaid Inpatient Health Plans for Medicaid mental health and substance use disorder services and supports (“PIHP Regions”).