[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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