IIB 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2364 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 9, 2021 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 

Labor, and Pensions 

AN ACT 

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. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Synthetic Opioid Dan3 ger Awareness Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS PUBLIC AWARENESS CAM5 PAIGN. 

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

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

8 247b–23) the following new section: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 317V. SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS PUBLIC AWARENESS CAM10 PAIGN. 

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

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

13 provide for the planning and implementation of a public 

14 education campaign to raise public awareness of synthetic 

15 opioids (including fentanyl and its analogues). Such cam16 paign shall include the dissemination of information 

17 that— 

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

19 dangers of fentanyl and its analogues and other syn20 thetic opioids; 

21 ‘‘(2) explains services provided by the Sub22 stance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis23 tration and the Centers for Disease Control and 

24 Prevention (and any entity providing such services 

25 under a contract entered into with such agencies) 

26 with respect to the misuse of opioids, particularly as 


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1 such services relate to the provision of alternative, 

2 non-opioid pain management treatments; and 

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

4 management. 

5 ‘‘(b) USE OF MEDIA.—The campaign under sub6 section (a) may be implemented through the use of tele7 vision, radio, internet, in-person public communications, 

8 and other commercial marketing venues and may be tar9 geted to specific age groups. 

10 ‘‘(c) CONSIDERATION OF REPORT FINDINGS.—In 

11 planning and implementing the public education campaign 

12 under subsection (a), the Secretary shall take into consid13 eration the findings of the report required under section 

14 7001 of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act 

15 (Public Law 115–271). 

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

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

18 Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use 

19 to provide ongoing advice on the effectiveness of informa20 tion disseminated through the campaign. 

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

22 implemented under subsection (a) shall not be duplicative 

23 of any other Federal efforts relating to eliminating the 

24 misuse of opioids. 

25 ‘‘(f) EVALUATION.— 


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

2 that the campaign implemented under subsection (a) 

3 is subject to an independent evaluation, beginning 2 

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

5 and every 2 years thereafter. 

6 ‘‘(2) MEASURES AND BENCHMARKS.—For pur7 poses of an evaluation conducted pursuant to para8 graph (1), the Secretary shall— 

9 ‘‘(A) establish baseline measures and 

10 benchmarks to quantitatively evaluate the im11 pact of the campaign under this section; and 

12 ‘‘(B) conduct qualitative assessments re13 garding the effectiveness of strategies employed 

14 under this section. 

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

16 years after the date of the enactment of this section, and 

17 every 2 years thereafter, submit to Congress a report on 

18 the effectiveness of the campaign implemented under sub19 section (a) towards meeting the measures and benchmarks 

20 established under subsection (e)(2). 

21 ‘‘(h) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION THROUGH

22 PROVIDERS.—The Secretary shall develop and implement 

23 a plan for the dissemination of information related to syn24 thetic opioids, to health care providers who participate in 

25 Federal programs, including programs administered by 


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1 the Department of Health and Human Services, the In2 dian Health Service, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 

3 the Department of Defense, and the Health Resources and 

4 Services Administration, the Medicare program under title 

5 XVIII of the Social Security Act, and the Medicaid pro6 gram under title XIX of such Act.’’. 

7 SEC. 3. TRAINING GUIDE AND OUTREACH ON SYNTHETIC 

8 OPIOID EXPOSURE PREVENTION. 

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

10 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

11 of Health and Human Services shall design, publish, and 

12 make publicly available on the internet website of the De13 partment of Health and Human Services, a training guide 

14 and webinar for first responders and other individuals who 

15 also may be at high risk of exposure to synthetic opioids 

16 that details measures to prevent that exposure. 

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

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

19 and Human Services shall also conduct outreach about the 

20 availability of the training guide and webinar published 

21 under subsection (a) to— 

22 (1) police and fire managements; 

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

24 (3) ambulance transport and hospital emer25 gency room personnel; 


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1 (4) clinicians; and 

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

3 the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Sub4 stance Use. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 8, 

2021. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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