Rural Opioid Abuse Prevention Act

Bill: 117-s-2796
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]
Introduced: 2021-09-22
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Health care coverage and access

Health information and medical records

Health programs administration and funding

Health promotion and preventive care

Law enforcement administration and funding

Rural conditions and development
Latest action: action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Became Public Law No: 117-250.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-09-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Rural Opioid Abuse Prevention Act</strong></p> <p>This bill expands the allowable uses of grant funds under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program administered by the Department of Justice.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill allows grants to be used for pilot programs for rural areas to implement community response programs that focus on alternatives to incarceration and reducing opioid overdose deaths.</p> <p>The bill also requires at least 10% of grants under the program to be awarded to rural areas.</p>

action_date: 2021-12-08
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p><strong>Rural Opioid Abuse Prevention Act</strong></p> <p>This bill expands the allowable uses of grant funds under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program administered by the Department of Justice.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill allows grants to be used for pilot programs for rural areas to implement community response programs that focus on reducing opioid overdose deaths, which may include presenting alternatives to incarceration.</p>

action_date: 2022-12-06
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p><strong>Rural Opioid Abuse Prevention Act</strong></p> <p>This bill expands the allowable uses of grant funds under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program administered by the Department of Justice.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill allows grants to be used for pilot programs for rural areas to implement community response programs that focus on reducing opioid overdose deaths, which may include presenting alternatives to incarceration.</p>

action_date: 2022-12-20
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p><strong>Rural Opioid Abuse Prevention Act</strong></p> <p>This act expands the allowable uses of grant funds under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program administered by the Department of Justice.</p> <p>Specifically, the act allows grants to be used for pilot programs for rural areas to implement community response programs that focus on reducing opioid overdose deaths, which may include presenting alternatives to incarceration.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2796 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 22 (legislative day, September 21), 2021 Mr. Ossoff (for himself and Mr. Grassley ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for the eligibility of rural community response pilot programs for funding under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Opioid Abuse Prevention Act . 2. Eligibility of rural community response pilot programs for funding under the 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 (F), by striking and ; (B) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (H) a pilot program for rural areas to implement community response programs that focus on presenting alternatives to incarceration and reducing opioid overdose deaths, as described in subsection (f). ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (f) Rural pilot program The pilot program described under this subsection shall make grants to rural areas to implement community response programs to reduce opioid overdose deaths. Grants issued under this subsection shall be jointly operated by units of local government, in collaboration with public safety and public health agencies or public safety, public health and behavioral health collaborations. A community response program under this subsection shall identify gaps in community prevention, treatment, and recovery services for individuals who encounter the criminal justice system and shall establish treatment protocols to address identified shortcomings. The Attorney General, through the Office of Justice Programs, shall increase the amount provided as a grant under this section for a pilot program by no more than five percent for each of the two years following certification by the Attorney General of the submission of data by the rural area on the prescribing of schedules II, III, and IV controlled substances to a prescription drug monitoring program, or any other centralized database administered by an authorized State agency, which includes tracking the dispensation of such substances, and providing for interoperability and data sharing with each other such program (including an electronic health records system) in each other State, and with any interstate entity that shares information between such programs. . 3. Provision regarding certain funding level for rural communities Section 3024 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10704 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1) by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (2)(C) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (3) provides that not less than 10 percent of grants issued pursuant to this part shall be awarded to rural areas. . 4. Definition Section 3025 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10705 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (9) The term rural area has the meaning given such term in section 343(a)(13)(A) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)(A) ). .

tv_txt: 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2796 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for the eligibility of rural community response pilot programs for funding under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Opioid Abuse Prevention Act . 2. Eligibility of rural community response pilot programs for funding under the 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 (F), by striking and ; (B) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (H) a pilot program for rural areas to implement community response programs that focus on reducing opioid overdose deaths, which may include presenting alternatives to incarceration, as described in subsection (f). ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (f) Rural pilot program (1) In general The pilot program described under this subsection shall make grants to rural areas to implement community response programs to reduce opioid overdose deaths. Grants issued under this subsection shall be jointly operated by units of local government, in collaboration with public safety and public health agencies or public safety, public health and behavioral health collaborations. A community response program under this subsection shall identify gaps in community prevention, treatment, and recovery services for individuals who encounter the criminal justice system and shall establish treatment protocols to address identified shortcomings. The Attorney General, through the Office of Justice Programs, shall increase the amount provided as a grant under this section for a pilot program by no more than five percent for each of the two years following certification by the Attorney General of the submission of data by the rural area on the prescribing of schedules II, III, and IV controlled substances to a prescription drug monitoring program, or any other centralized database administered by an authorized State agency, which includes tracking the dispensation of such substances, and providing for interoperability and data sharing with each other such program (including an electronic health records system) in each other State, and with any interstate entity that shares information between such programs. (2) Rules of construction Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to— (A) direct or encourage a State to use a specific interstate data sharing program; or (B) limit or prohibit the discretion of a prescription drug monitoring program for interoperability connections to other programs (including electronic health records systems, hospital systems, pharmacy dispensing systems, or health information exchanges). .

Passed the Senate December 8, 2021. Secretary

tv_txt: One Hundred Seventeenth Congress of the United States of America 2d Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two S. 2796 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for the eligibility of rural community response pilot programs for funding under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Opioid Abuse Prevention Act . 2. Eligibility of rural community response pilot programs for funding under the 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 (F), by striking and ; (B) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (H) a pilot program for rural areas to implement community response programs that focus on reducing opioid overdose deaths, which may include presenting alternatives to incarceration, as described in subsection (f). ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (f) Rural pilot program (1) In general The pilot program described under this subsection shall make grants to rural areas to implement community response programs to reduce opioid overdose deaths. Grants issued under this subsection shall be jointly operated by units of local government, in collaboration with public safety and public health agencies or public safety, public health and behavioral health collaborations. A community response program under this subsection shall identify gaps in community prevention, treatment, and recovery services for individuals who encounter the criminal justice system and shall establish treatment protocols to address identified shortcomings. The Attorney General, through the Office of Justice Programs, shall increase the amount provided as a grant under this section for a pilot program by no more than five percent for each of the two years following certification by the Attorney General of the submission of data by the rural area on the prescribing of schedules II, III, and IV controlled substances to a prescription drug monitoring program, or any other centralized database administered by an authorized State agency, which includes tracking the dispensation of such substances, and providing for interoperability and data sharing with each other such program (including an electronic health records system) in each other State, and with any interstate entity that shares information between such programs. (2) Rules of construction Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to— (A) direct or encourage a State to use a specific interstate data sharing program; or (B) limit or prohibit the discretion of a prescription drug monitoring program for interoperability connections to other programs (including electronic health records systems, hospital systems, pharmacy dispensing systems, or health information exchanges). .

Speaker of the House of Representatives Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate