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Union Calendar No. 131 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2364 

[Report No. 117–181] 

To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary, 

acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, to provide for a public education campaign to raise public 

awareness of synthetic opioids. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 5, 2021 

Mr. KIM of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. PAPPAS) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

NOVEMBER 30, 2021 

Additional sponsor: Mr. RUIZ

NOVEMBER 30, 2021 

Reported with an amendment; committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 5, 2021] 


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A BILL 

To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to 

direct the Secretary, acting through the Director of the 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to provide 

for a public education campaign to raise public awareness 

of synthetic opioids. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Synthetic Opioid Dan5 ger Awareness Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS PUBLIC AWARENESS CAM7 PAIGN. 

8 Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act 

9 is amended by inserting after section 317U (42 U.S.C. 

10 247b–23) the following new section: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 317V. SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS PUBLIC AWARENESS CAM12 PAIGN. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 

14 date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall 

15 provide for the planning and implementation of a public 

16 education campaign to raise public awareness of synthetic 

17 opioids (including fentanyl and its analogues). Such cam18 paign shall include the dissemination of information that— 

19 ‘‘(1) promotes awareness about the potency and 

20 dangers of fentanyl and its analogues and other syn21 thetic opioids; 

22 ‘‘(2) explains services provided by the Substance 

23 Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 

24 and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

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1 tract entered into with such agencies) with respect to 

2 the misuse of opioids, particularly as such services re3 late to the provision of alternative, non-opioid pain 

4 management treatments; and 

5 ‘‘(3) relates generally to opioid use and pain 

6 management. 

7 ‘‘(b) USE OF MEDIA.—The campaign under subsection 

8 (a) may be implemented through the use of television, radio, 

9 internet, in-person public communications, and other com10 mercial marketing venues and may be targeted to specific 

11 age groups. 

12 ‘‘(c) CONSIDERATION OF REPORT FINDINGS.—In plan13 ning and implementing the public education campaign 

14 under subsection (a), the Secretary shall take into consider15 ation the findings of the report required under section 7001 

16 of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Pub17 lic Law 115–271). 

18 ‘‘(d) CONSULTATION.—In coordinating the campaign 

19 under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with the 

20 Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use 

21 to provide ongoing advice on the effectiveness of information 

22 disseminated through the campaign. 

23 ‘‘(e) REQUIREMENT OF CAMPAIGN.—The campaign 

24 implemented under subsection (a) shall not be duplicative 


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1 of any other Federal efforts relating to eliminating the mis2 use of opioids. 

3 ‘‘(f) EVALUATION.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ensure 

5 that the campaign implemented under subsection (a) 

6 is subject to an independent evaluation, beginning 2 

7 years after the date of the enactment of this section, 

8 and every 2 years thereafter. 

9 ‘‘(2) MEASURES AND BENCHMARKS.—For pur10 poses of an evaluation conducted pursuant to para11 graph (1), the Secretary shall— 

12 ‘‘(A) establish baseline measures and bench13 marks to quantitatively evaluate the impact of 

14 the campaign under this section; and 

15 ‘‘(B) conduct qualitative assessments re16 garding the effectiveness of strategies employed 

17 under this section. 

18 ‘‘(g) REPORT.—The Secretary shall, beginning 2 years 

19 after the date of the enactment of this section, and every 

20 2 years thereafter, submit to Congress a report on the effec21 tiveness of the campaign implemented under subsection (a) 

22 towards meeting the measures and benchmarks established 

23 under subsection (e)(2). 

24 ‘‘(h) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION THROUGH

25 PROVIDERS.—The Secretary shall develop and implement 


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1 a plan for the dissemination of information related to syn2 thetic opioids, to health care providers who participate in 

3 Federal programs, including programs administered by the 

4 Department of Health and Human Services, the Indian 

5 Health Service, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the De6 partment of Defense, and the Health Resources and Services 

7 Administration, the Medicare program under title XVIII 

8 of the Social Security Act, and the Medicaid program under 

9 title XIX of such Act.’’. 

10 SEC. 3. TRAINING GUIDE AND OUTREACH ON SYNTHETIC 

11 OPIOID EXPOSURE PREVENTION. 

12 (a) TRAINING GUIDE.—Not later than 18 months after 

13 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health 

14 and Human Services shall design, publish, and make pub15 licly available on the internet website of the Institute, a 

16 training guide and webinar for first responders and other 

17 individuals who also may be at high risk of exposure to 

18 synthetic opioids that details measures to prevent that expo19 sure. 

20 (b) OUTREACH.—Not later than 18 months after the 

21 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health 

22 and Human Services shall also conduct outreach about the 

23 availability of the training guide and webinar published 

24 under subsection (a) to— 

25 (1) police and fire managements; 


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1 (2) sheriff deputies in city and county jails; 

2 (3) ambulance transport and hospital emergency 

3 room personnel; 

4 (4) clinicians; and 

5 (5) other high-risk occupations, as identified by 

6 the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Sub7 stance Use. 


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Union Calendar No. 131 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2364 

[Report No. 117–181] 

A BILL 

To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act 

opioids. paign to raise public awareness of synthetic vention, to provide for a public education camtor of the Centers for Disease Control and Preto direct the Secretary, acting through the DirecNOVEMBER 30, 2021 

Reported with an amendment; committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 


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