Sec. 3. Evaluation of performance of Department of Health and Human Services program
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Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, except as otherwise provided in this section, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall complete an evaluation of any program administered by the Secretary that provides grants for the primary purpose of providing assistance in addressing problems pertaining to opioid abuse based upon the information reported under subsection
(d)of this section. Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete an interim evaluation assessing the nature and extent of the incidence of opioid abuse and illegal opioid distribution in the United States. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall identify outcomes that are to be achieved by activities funded by the programs described in subsection
(a)and the metrics by which the achievement of such outcomes shall be determined. The Secretary shall require grantees under the programs described in subsection
(a)to collect and annually report to the Department of Health and Human Services data based upon the metrics identified under subsection (c). The Secretary shall, not later than 30 days after completion of the requirement under subsection (c), publish the outcomes and metrics identified under that subsection. In the case of the interim evaluation under subsection (b), and each final evaluation under subsection (a), the National Academy of Sciences shall, not later than 90 days after such an evaluation is completed, publish the results of such evaluation and issue a report on such evaluation to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. Such report shall also be published along with the data used to make such evaluation. For purposes of subsections (a), (b), and (c), the Secretary shall— enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences; or enter into a contract or cooperative agreement with an entity that is not an agency of the Federal Government. If a program described under subsection
(a)is subject to an evaluation substantially similar to the evaluation under subsection
(a)pursuant to another provision of law, the Secretary may opt not to conduct an evaluation under subsection
(a)of such program.