Opioid Overdose Data Collection Enhancement Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1098 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1098

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
  enhance the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program, and for other
                               purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 24, 2025

Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Cornyn)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
  enhance the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program, and for other
                               purposes.

    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;
                    ``(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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