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OPIOIDS Act

USA119th CongressS-617| Senate 
| Updated: 2/18/2025
Rick Scott

Rick Scott

Republican Senator

Florida

Cosponsors (2)
Jon Ossoff (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)

Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
The Overcoming Prevalent Inadequacies in Overdose Information Data Sets Act, or OPIOIDS Act, empowers the Attorney General to issue grants aimed at significantly improving data and surveillance concerning opioid-related overdoses. These grants support activities such as enhancing postmortem toxicology testing, facilitating data linkage across various systems, improving electronic death reporting, and increasing the comprehensiveness of data on both fatal and nonfatal opioid overdoses. The legislation also establishes a grant program for local law enforcement agencies and forensic laboratories in areas with high drug overdose rates. These funds can be used for training officers to identify overdoses , upgrading systems for drug tracing and sample processing to ensure timely and accurate data reporting to the National Forensic Laboratory Information System, and training to better trace criminals operating on the darknet. Grantees must submit overdose data reports to the National Forensic Laboratory Information System, and the bill amends COPS grants to provide resources for containment devices to protect first responders from fentanyl exposure. Furthermore, the bill directs the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to develop uniform reporting standards for inputting data on purity, formulation, and weight into the National Forensic Laboratory Information System, which will improve data comparison and sharing across jurisdictions. It also requires the DEA to include a specific line item for the Fentanyl Signature Profiling Program's funding in its annual budget submission to Congress.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-983
OPIOIDS Act
Feb 12, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-1257
Introduced in House
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Feb 18, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-983
    OPIOIDS Act


  • February 12, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-1257
    Introduced in House


  • February 18, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 18, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Crime and Law Enforcement

Related Bills

  • HR 119-1257: OPIOIDS Act
Computers and information technologyDrug, alcohol, tobacco useEmployment and training programsIntergovernmental relationsLaw enforcement administration and fundingState and local government operations

OPIOIDS Act

USA119th CongressS-617| Senate 
| Updated: 2/18/2025
The Overcoming Prevalent Inadequacies in Overdose Information Data Sets Act, or OPIOIDS Act, empowers the Attorney General to issue grants aimed at significantly improving data and surveillance concerning opioid-related overdoses. These grants support activities such as enhancing postmortem toxicology testing, facilitating data linkage across various systems, improving electronic death reporting, and increasing the comprehensiveness of data on both fatal and nonfatal opioid overdoses. The legislation also establishes a grant program for local law enforcement agencies and forensic laboratories in areas with high drug overdose rates. These funds can be used for training officers to identify overdoses , upgrading systems for drug tracing and sample processing to ensure timely and accurate data reporting to the National Forensic Laboratory Information System, and training to better trace criminals operating on the darknet. Grantees must submit overdose data reports to the National Forensic Laboratory Information System, and the bill amends COPS grants to provide resources for containment devices to protect first responders from fentanyl exposure. Furthermore, the bill directs the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to develop uniform reporting standards for inputting data on purity, formulation, and weight into the National Forensic Laboratory Information System, which will improve data comparison and sharing across jurisdictions. It also requires the DEA to include a specific line item for the Fentanyl Signature Profiling Program's funding in its annual budget submission to Congress.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-983
OPIOIDS Act
Feb 12, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-1257
Introduced in House
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Feb 18, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-983
    OPIOIDS Act


  • February 12, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-1257
    Introduced in House


  • February 18, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 18, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Rick Scott

Rick Scott

Republican Senator

Florida

Cosponsors (2)
Jon Ossoff (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)

Judiciary Committee

Crime and Law Enforcement

Related Bills

  • HR 119-1257: OPIOIDS Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Computers and information technologyDrug, alcohol, tobacco useEmployment and training programsIntergovernmental relationsLaw enforcement administration and fundingState and local government operations