Sec. 103. Opioid overdose reversal co-prescribing guidelines
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish a grant program under which the Secretary shall award grants to eligible State entities to develop opioid overdose reversal co-prescribing guidelines. For purposes of subsection (a), eligible State entities are State departments of health in conjunction with State medical boards; city, county, and local health departments; and community stakeholder groups involved in reducing opioid overdose deaths. A grant made under this section may not be for more than $200,000 per grant.
In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible State entities which propose to base their guidelines on existing guidelines on co-prescribing to speed enactment, including guidelines of— the Department of Veterans Affairs; nationwide medical societies, such as the American Society of Addiction Medicine or the American Medical Association; and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.