Overdose RADAR Act
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became Law
Overview
The Overdose RADAR Act aims to improve data collection and response to the fentanyl crisis. It seeks to exempt the sale of fentanyl test strips from criminal penalties, provides grants for training personnel in schools to administer overdose treatment, expands data surveillance on opioid overdoses, and establishes a pilot program for wastewater analysis. The bill also reforms the Office of National Drug Control Policy to improve coordination and reporting standards, and addresses grant funding for opioid response programs.
Key provisions
- Exempts the sale of fentanyl test strips from criminal penalties.
- Provides grants for training personnel in elementary and secondary schools to administer overdose treatment.
- Expands data and surveillance efforts on opioid-related overdoses, including postmortem toxicology testing and wastewater analysis.
- Reforms the Office of National Drug Control Policy to improve coordination and reporting.
- Amends grant programs to include assessments of challenges in addressing opioid misuse.
- Establishes a pilot program for municipal wastewater treatment facilities to analyze illicit substance prevalence.
- Authorizes grants for reducing opioid overdose deaths in schools.
- Modifies the Controlled Substances Act to include fentanyl test strips in the list of exempt items.
Who is affected
- Individuals struggling with opioid addiction
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