To permit the Attorney General to award grants for accurate data on opioid-related overdoses, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The OPIOIDS Act aims to improve how the federal government tracks and responds to opioid overdoses. It gives the Attorney General authority to award grants for better overdose data collection, toxicology testing, and electronic death reporting systems.
Who Benefits and How
State and local law enforcement agencies benefit through grants for training officers to identify overdoses, upgrading forensic lab systems, and obtaining containment devices for fentanyl exposure. Forensic laboratories receive funding to upgrade data systems and provide timelier toxicology results. Medical examiners and coroners offices get resources for staffing and equipment.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Grantees must submit overdose data reports to the National Forensic Laboratory Information System to receive funding. The DEA must develop uniform reporting standards, though this does not create new requirements for state or local labs. Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers must provide training to state and local agencies.
Key Provisions
- Authorizes grants for improved opioid overdose data and surveillance, including toxicology testing and electronic death reporting
- Provides law enforcement grants for training, forensic lab upgrades, and first responder fentanyl containment equipment
- Requires DEA to develop uniform reporting standards for the National Forensic Laboratory Information System
- Requires DEA to include Fentanyl Signature Profiling Program as a budget line item
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
To authorize the Attorney General to award grants to states, localities, and law enforcement agencies for improving data collection and surveillance on opioid-related overdoses, and to require the DEA to develop uniform reporting standards for forensic laboratory data.
Key Policy Areas
Criminal Justice, Public Health, Drug Enforcement
Primary Purpose
To authorize the Attorney General to award grants to states, localities, and law enforcement agencies for improving data collection and surveillance on opioid-related overdoses, and to require the DEA to develop uniform reporting standards for forensic laboratory data.
Policy Domains
OPIOIDS Act - Opioid Data and Law Enforcement Support
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- State and local law enforcement agencies
- Forensic laboratories
- Medical examiners and coroners
- First responders
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Drug Enforcement Administration
- Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers
- Grant recipients (reporting requirements)
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Lee of Florida (for herself and Mr. Pappas) introduced …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Grant recipients (reporting requirement), Local forensic laboratories, Local law enforcement agencies in high-overdose communities
Positive-direction: Local forensic laboratories, Local law enforcement agencies in high-overdose communities, Medical examiners and coroners offices, State forensic laboratories, State health departments and medical examiners
Negative-direction: Grant recipients (reporting requirement)
Congressional oversight committees, Drug Enforcement Administration, Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers
Positive-direction: Congressional oversight committees, Territory governments
Negative-direction: Drug Enforcement Administration, Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers
Forensic laboratories serving high-overdose communities
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_dea"
- → Drug Enforcement Administration
- "the_attorney_general"
- → Attorney General of the United States
We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.
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