llinois officials Friday unveiled their plans to use the $760 million they expect to get from the settlement of lawsuits against nation’s three biggest drug distribution companies and the drugmaker Johnson & Johnson to fund recovery and treatment programs throughout the state.

The agreement represents the second largest national settlement in U.S. history, dwarfed only by the agreements with tobacco firms reached in the 1990s. Governments must spend the settlement funds to help those suffering from the opioid crisis, according to the terms of the agreement.

Pritzker announced he would sign an executive order to create the Office of Opioid Settlement Administration as part of the Illinois Department of Human Services to spend the funds during the next 18 years. The office’s appointed administrator will be charged with spending the funds as called for in the State Overdose Action Plan and ensure they are “used equitably to fund recovery and treatment programs in the counties and municipalities with the most urgent need.”

“Everyone’s life is worth saving, and this administration will leave no stone unturned as we work to bring the opioid epidemic to an end,” Pritzker said.