abuse treatment programs, and community organiza-
tions. Statewide, over 2,000 police officers and more 
than 600 others have been trained thus far. The 
DuPage County Illinois Health Department has 
trained over 1,200 police officers and has reported 
34 overdose reversals in 2014 alone. 
(22) The Office of National Drug Control Pol-
icy supports equipping first responders to help re-
verse overdoses. Police officers on patrol in Quincy, 
Massachusetts, have conducted 300 overdose rescues 
with naloxone since 2011. The police department has 
reported a 95-percent success rate with overdose res-
cue attempts by police officers. In Suffolk County, 
New York, police officers have saved more than 563 
lives with naloxone in 2013 alone. 
(23) Research shows that the cost per year of 
life gained by making naloxone available to reverse 
overdoses is within the range of what people in the 
United States usually pay for health treatments. 
(24) Prompt administration of naloxone and 
provision of emergency care by a bystander can re-
duce health complications and health care costs that 
arise when a person is deprived of oxygen for an ex-
tended period of time. 
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(25) Overdose prevention programs are needed 
in correctional facilities, addiction treatment pro-
grams, and other places where people are at higher 
risk of overdosing after a period of abstinence. 
(26) Timely, drug-specific fatal and nonfatal 
surveillance data at the local, State, and regional 
level is critically needed to target prevention efforts. 
(27) People affected by drug overdose gather on 
August 31 of each year in communities nationwide 
for Overdose Awareness Day, to mourn and pay 
tribute to loved ones and raise awareness about 
overdose risk and prevention. 
SEC. 3. OVERDOSE PREVENTION PROGRAMS. 
Title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
241 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘PART W—OVERDOSE PREVENTION PROGRAMS 
‘‘SEC. 399OO. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROGRAM TO RE-
DUCE DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, shall enter into 
cooperative agreements with eligible entities to enable the 
eligible entities to reduce deaths occurring from overdoses 
of drugs. 
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‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive 
a cooperative agreement under this section, an entity shall 
be a State, local, or tribal government, a correctional insti-
tution, a law enforcement agency, a community agency, 
a professional organization in the field of poison control 
and surveillance, or a private nonprofit organization. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity desiring a 
cooperative agreement under this section shall sub-
mit to the Secretary an application at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as 
the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—An application under para-
graph (1) shall include— 
‘‘(A) a description of the activities to be 
funded through the cooperative agreement; and 
‘‘(B) evidence that the eligible entity has 
the capacity to carry out such activities. 
‘‘(d) PRIORITY.—In entering into cooperative agree-
ments under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give pri-
ority to eligible entities that— 
‘‘(1) are a public health agency or community- 
based organization; and 
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‘‘(2) have expertise in preventing deaths occur-
ring from overdoses of drugs in populations at high 
risk of such deaths. 
‘‘(e) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—As a condition of re-
ceipt of a cooperative agreement under this section, an eli-
gible entity shall agree to use the cooperative agreement 
to do each of the following: 
‘‘(1) Purchase and distribute the drug naloxone 
or a similarly effective medication. 
‘‘(2) Carry out one or more of the following ac-
tivities: 
‘‘(A) Educating prescribers and phar-
macists about overdose prevention and naloxone 
prescription, or prescriptions of a similarly ef-
fective medication. 
‘‘(B) Training first responders, other indi-
viduals in a position to respond to an overdose, 
and law enforcement and corrections officials on 
the effective response to individuals who have 
overdosed on drugs. Training pursuant to this 
subparagraph may include any activity that is 
educational, instructional, or consultative in na-
ture, and may include volunteer training, 
awareness building exercises, outreach to indi-
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viduals who are at-risk of a drug overdose, and 
distribution of educational materials. 
‘‘(C) Implementing and enhancing pro-
grams to provide overdose prevention, recogni-
tion, treatment, and response to individuals in 
need of such services. 
‘‘(D) Educating the public and providing 
outreach to the public about overdose preven-
tion and naloxone prescriptions, or prescriptions 
of other similarly effective medications. 
‘‘(f) COORDINATING CENTER.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish and provide for the operation of a coordi-
nating center responsible for— 
‘‘(A) collecting, compiling, and dissemi-
nating data on the programs and activities 
under this section, including tracking and eval-
uating the distribution and use of naloxone and 
other similarly effective medication; 
‘‘(B) evaluating such data and, based on 
such evaluation, developing best practices for 
preventing 
deaths 
occurring 
from 
drug 
overdoses; 
‘‘(C) making such best practices specific to 
the type of community involved; 
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