[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 187 (Tuesday, December 17, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7096-S7097]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            OPIOID OVERDOSE DATA COLLECTION ENHANCEMENT ACT

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of 
S. 5130 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 5130) to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and 
     Safe Streets Act of 1968 to enhance the Comprehensive Opioid 
     Abuse Grant Program, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read 
a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made 
and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 5130) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 5130

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Opioid Overdose Data 
     Collection Enhancement Act''.

     SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

       The purpose of this Act is to expand the adoption and 
     implementation of, and provide interoperability of, data 
     collection tools used to track fatal and nonfatal overdoses 
     and opioid overdose reversal medication administration in 
     near real-time through a web-based, mobile-friendly software 
     platform.

     SEC. 3. COMPREHENSIVE OPIOID ABUSE GRANT PROGRAM.

       Section 3021 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
     Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10701) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
       (A) in subparagraph (G), by striking ``; and'' at the end;
       (B) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(I) an overdose data collection program described in 
     subsection (g)(1).''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(g) Overdose Data Collection Program.--
       ``(1) In general.--An overdose data collection program 
     described in this paragraph is a program under which a State, 
     unit of local government, coalition of law enforcement 
     agencies, or Indian tribe develops and implements a data 
     collection tool, including mobile data mapping applications, 
     with which the State, unit of local government, coalition of 
     law enforcement agencies, or Indian tribe can easily and 
     quickly track the locations of--
       ``(A) suspected fatal and nonfatal overdoses; and
       ``(B) the administration of opioid overdose reversal 
     medication by first responders, including law enforcement 
     officers, firefighters, and emergency medical service 
     technicians.
       ``(2) Eligibility of coalitions.--
       ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection (a)(1), a 
     coalition of law enforcement agencies shall be eligible to 
     receive a grant under subsection (a) only for the purpose of 
     implementing an overdose data collection program described in 
     paragraph (1) of this subsection.
       ``(B) Requirements.--A coalition of law enforcement 
     agencies seeking a grant under subsection (a) to implement an 
     overdose data collection program described in paragraph (1) 
     of this subsection shall be subject to the same requirements 
     and authorizations to which a States, units of local 
     government, and Indian tribes are subject under this section, 
     including the requirement to submit an application under 
     section 3022.
       ``(3) Requirements.--A State, unit of local government, 
     coalition of law enforcement agencies, or Indian tribe 
     implementing an overdose data collection program described in 
     paragraph (1) shall--
       ``(A) support the development of coordinated public safety, 
     behavioral health, and public health responses to the data 
     collected by the tool described in paragraph (1);
       ``(B) focus on areas in which fatal and nonfatal overdoses 
     occur and trends of concern;

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       ``(C) provide for interoperability with existing Federal, 
     State, local, and Tribal overdose data collection tools and 
     overdose data collection tools of coalitions of law 
     enforcement agencies; and
       ``(D) make data collected through the program available to 
     Federal, State, Tribal, and territorial governments and 
     coalitions of law enforcement agencies.
       ``(4) Audit; application.--A State, unit of local 
     government, coalition of law enforcement agencies, or Indian 
     tribe seeking to use a grant received under subsection (a) 
     for a program described in paragraph (1) of this subsection 
     shall--
       ``(A) conduct an audit of available data and resources; and
       ``(B) in order to avoid duplication, submit the audit 
     conducted under subparagraph (A) as a part of the application 
     for the grant of the State, unit of local government, 
     coalition of law enforcement agencies, or Indian tribe.
       ``(5) Consultation.--In carrying out this subsection, the 
     Attorney General shall consult with the heads of agencies 
     that maintain overdose data collection tools, including the 
     Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.''.

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