SWIFT Detection Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4773
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2023-07-20
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation

Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Health programs administration and funding

Solid waste and recycling

Water quality

Water resources funding
Latest action: action_date: 2023-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-07-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Substance Wastewater Inspection For Trends in Detection Act of 2023 or the SWIFT Detection Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill expands certain federal programs to specifically include wastewater surveillance to monitor the use of controlled substances.</p><p>Specifically, the bill incorporates wastewater surveillance into (1) grants for states, tribes, and territories to prevent overdoses of controlled substances, and (2)&nbsp;a pilot program to support coordination between public health and law enforcement laboratories to improve the detection of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4773 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 20, 2023 Mr. Bilirakis (for himself, Ms. Blunt Rochester , Mr. Crenshaw , and Mrs. Trahan ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to fund detection and testing activities, such as wastewater surveillance, to detect synthetic opioids, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Substance Wastewater Inspection For Trends in Detection Act of 2023 or the SWIFT Detection Act of 2023 . 2. Use of grants by States, localities, and Indian Tribes to conduct wastewater surveillance Section 392A(a)(3)(A) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280b–1(a)(3)(A) ) is amended by inserting , including through the use of wastewater surveillance to identify trends associated with controlled substance use if it is determined by appropriate evidence that wastewater surveillance is an effective way to survey controlled substance use within a community before the semicolon. 3. Pilot program for public health laboratories to detect fentanyl and other synthetic opioids Section 7011(b) of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d–10 note) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (4) public, private, and academic entities with expertise in detection and testing activities, such as wastewater surveillance, with respect to synthetic opioids, including fentanyl and its analogues. .