POST FAST Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4710
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2023-07-18
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

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

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-07-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Publish Overdose and Suicide Tracking For American Safety Today Act of 2023 or the POST FAST Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to publish data about suicides and drug overdoses in the United States&nbsp;for a given month within 60 days of the end of that month.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4710 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 18, 2023 Mr. Green of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. Norman , and Mr. D'Esposito ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to accelerate the collection and publication of data on suicide and drug overdoses.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Publish Overdose and Suicide Tracking For American Safety Today Act of 2023 or the POST FAST Act of 2023 . 2. Accelerated collection and publication of data on suicide and drug overdoses The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall— (1) take such actions as may be necessary to accelerate the collection by the Centers of data on suicide and drug overdoses in the United States; and (2) not later than 60 days after the end of each month, publish such data for such month.