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Two state funds financed by tobacco settlement payments and e-cigarette tax revenue currently direct money to specific programs — such as Medicaid children's health coverage, drug prevention campaigns, drug courts, university health research, and school-based prevention programs — using fixed dollar amounts written into law for each purpose. This bill would remove those fixed dollar figures, along with a $4 million standing allocation to the University of Utah Health Sciences Center, and instead require the Legislature to set funding levels for each listed purpose annually through the budget process, with clear intent language tying each appropriation to its designated use. If the Legislature ever appropriates more money from either fund than is actually available, the bill spells out that the state must pay out the listed purposes in the order they appear, fully if possible or partially if not, until the fund runs out. The bill also adds a required legislative review before certain e-cigarette account provisions are automatically repealed in 2030, correcting a previous oversight in the law.