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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4091 

To amend part A of title XI of the Social Security Act to provide grants 

to States, units of local government, and Indian Tribes to establish, 

expand, or maintain Drug Overdose Fatality Review Teams. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 27, 2022 

Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mr. CORNYN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To amend part A of title XI of the Social Security Act 

to provide grants to States, units of local government, 

and Indian Tribes to establish, expand, or maintain Drug 

Overdose Fatality Review Teams. 

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 ‘‘Overdose Review Team 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FUNDING TO ESTABLISH DRUG OVERDOSE FATAL2 ITY REVIEW TEAMS. 

3 Part A of title XI of the Social Security Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 1150D. GRANTS TO ESTABLISH DRUG OVERDOSE FA7 TALITY REVIEW TEAMS. 

8 ‘‘(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall, using amounts 

9 appropriated under this section, award grants to States, 

10 units of local government, and Indian Tribes to establish, 

11 expand, or maintain a Drug Overdose Fatality Review 

12 Team, which shall— 

13 ‘‘(1) promote cooperation and coordination 

14 among agencies involved in the investigation of fatal 

15 and non-fatal drug overdoses; 

16 ‘‘(2) develop an understanding of the causes 

17 and incidences of drug overdoses in the jurisdiction 

18 where the team operates; 

19 ‘‘(3) track the total number of drug overdose 

20 deaths and identify trends and patterns in fatal and 

21 non-fatal drug overdoses in the jurisdiction where 

22 the team operates; 

23 ‘‘(4) plan for and recommend changes within 

24 the agencies to prevent drug overdose fatalities; 

25 ‘‘(5) recommend best practices for preventing 

26 drug overdoses and drug overdose deaths; and 


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1 ‘‘(6) advise policymakers in the team’s jurisdic2 tion about potential changes to law, policy, funding, 

3 or practices to prevent drug overdoses. 

4 ‘‘(b) GRANT RECIPIENTS.—The Secretary shall not 

5 award grant funds under this section to a recipient unless 

6 the recipient provides to the Secretary a list of individuals 

7 on the drug overdose fatality review team, which shall in8 clude— 

9 ‘‘(1) not less than 1 representative each from— 

10 ‘‘(A) the State, local, or Tribal department 

11 of health, or similar department; 

12 ‘‘(B) the State, local, or Tribal govern13 mental entity responsible for alcohol, drug, or 

14 other substance addiction treatment and serv15 ices; 

16 ‘‘(C) the State, local, or Tribal department 

17 of social services, or similar department; 

18 ‘‘(D) the State, local or Tribal attorney’s 

19 office; 

20 ‘‘(E) law enforcement agencies of the juris21 diction, which may include representatives of 

22 law enforcement agencies operating in a high 

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1 tional Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 

2 of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1706(b)); 

3 ‘‘(F) the State, local, or Tribal department 

4 of corrections, or similar department; and 

5 ‘‘(G) the State, local or Tribal medical ex6 aminer or coroner; 

7 ‘‘(2) a health care provider who specializes in 

8 the diagnosis and treatment of substance use and 

9 misuse and substance use disorders; 

10 ‘‘(3) a health care provider who specializes in 

11 treating co-occurring mental health and substance 

12 use disorders; 

13 ‘‘(4) a representative from emergency medical 

14 services; 

15 ‘‘(5) a patient advocate who has lived experi16 ence with substance use and misuse or who has a 

17 family member with a history of substance use and 

18 misuse; 

19 ‘‘(6) an emergency department physician; 

20 ‘‘(7) a toxicologist; and 

21 ‘‘(8) a community-based substance use preven22 tion coalition leader or other community-based sub23 stance use prevention professional. 

24 ‘‘(c) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other25 wise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for 


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1 fiscal year 2023, out of any money in the Treasury not 

2 otherwise appropriated, $50,000,000, to remain available 

3 until 2027, to carry out this section. 

4 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 ‘‘(1) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 

6 has the meaning given that term in section 4(e) of 

7 the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist8 ance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304(e)). 

9 ‘‘(2) STATE.—The term ‘State’ has the mean10 ing given that term in section 1101(a)(1) for pur11 poses of this title and includes the Commonwealth of 

12 the Northern Mariana Islands, and American 

13 Samoa.’’. 

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