To permit the Attorney General to award grants for accurate data on opioid-related overdoses, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to states, territories, and localities for improving opioid overdose data collection, including toxicology testing, data linkage, officer training, electronic death, authorizes Attorney General grants to local law enforcement and forensic labs in high-overdose communities for training, lab system upgrades, darknet tracing, and medical examiner resources, and requires the DEA to develop uniform reporting standards for the National Forensic Laboratory Information System regarding purity, formulation, and weight of drugs to enable cross-jurisdictional data comparison. It relies on grants, reporting requirements, compliance mandates, and exemptions. The main policy areas are Criminal Justice, Science & Space, and Trade.
Who Benefits and How
State health departments and medical examiners could gain revenue opportunities, Local law enforcement agencies in high-overdose communities could gain revenue opportunities, and Forensic laboratories serving high-overdose communities could gain revenue opportunities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Drug Enforcement Administration would take on compliance duties, Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers would take on compliance duties, and Grant recipients (reporting requirement) would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to states, territories, and localities for improving opioid overdose data collection, including toxicology testing, data linkage, officer training, electronic death...
- Authorizes Attorney General grants to local law enforcement and forensic labs in high-overdose communities for training, lab system upgrades, darknet tracing, and medical examiner resources.
- Requires the DEA to develop uniform reporting standards for the National Forensic Laboratory Information System regarding purity, formulation, and weight of drugs to enable cross-jurisdictional data comparison.
- Requires the DEA to submit a specific budget line item to Congress for the Fentanyl Signature Profiling Program as part of the annual budget process.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to states, territories, and localities for improving opioid overdose data collection, including toxicology testing, data linkage, officer training, electronic death, authorizes Attorney General grants to local law enforcement and forensic labs in high-overdose communities for training, lab system upgrades, darknet tracing, and medical examiner resources, and requires the DEA to develop uniform reporting standards for the National Forensic Laboratory Information System regarding purity, formulation, and weight of drugs to enable cross-jurisdictional data comparison.
Key Policy Areas
Criminal Justice, Science & Space, Trade
Primary Purpose
The bill authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to states, territories, and localities for improving opioid overdose data collection, including toxicology testing, data linkage, officer training, electronic death, authorizes Attorney General grants to local law enforcement and forensic labs in high-overdose communities for training, lab system upgrades, darknet tracing, and medical examiner resources, and requires the DEA to develop uniform reporting standards for the National Forensic Laboratory Information System regarding purity, formulation, and weight of drugs to enable cross-jurisdictional data comparison.
Policy Domains
OPIOIDS Act - Opioid Data and Law Enforcement Support
Identified Gains
- State health departments and medical examiners
- Local law enforcement agencies in high-overdose communities
- Forensic laboratories serving high-overdose communities
- Territory governments
- State forensic laboratories
Identified Costs
- Drug Enforcement Administration
- Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers
- Grant recipients (reporting requirement)
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
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