Sec. 4. Grants for naloxone, training in the administration of naloxone, and testing for fentanyl
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For each of fiscal years 2017 and 2018, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, may make grants to eligible applicants to— make naloxone available to be carried and administered by first responders in the course of their official duties; train and provide resources for first responders for carrying and administering naloxone in the course of their official duties to prevent deaths from opiate (including heroin) overdoses; establish processes, protocols, and mechanisms for referral to treatment for opiate abuse; and provide rebates for the testing of fentanyl in unintentional overdoses on opiates and report the results of such testing to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A grant under this section may be made only to a State or local government, or a nonprofit organization, that submits an application that includes the following: A description of the evidence-based methodology and outcome measurements that will be used to evaluate any program funded by the eligible applicant with a grant under this section, and a specific explanation of how such measurements will provide valid measures of the impact of the program. A description of how the program could be broadly replicated if demonstrated to be effective.
An identification of the governmental and community agencies with respect to which the eligible applicant will provide coordination carrying out the program. A description of how first responders will coordinate with corresponding State substance abuse clinics and coroners and medical examiners to identify protocols and resources that are available, including information on treatment and recovery resources. The amount of a grant under this section to an eligible applicant for a fiscal year may not be more than $200,000.
In this section, the term first responders means law enforcement officers, emergency medical technicians, and firefighters. To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 and 2018.