Sec. 219. Grants for reducing overdose deaths
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(2)of section 544(a) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290dd–3(a) ) is hereby repealed. Section 544(a) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290dd–3(a) ) is amended by striking paragraph
(3)and inserting the following: For purposes of this section, the term eligible entity means a State, Territory, locality, Indian Tribe (as defined in the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994), Tribal organization, or Urban Indian organization (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act). For the purposes for which a grant is awarded under this section, the eligible entity receiving the grant may award subgrants to a Federally qualified health center (as defined in section 1861(aa) of the Social Security Act), an opioid treatment program (as defined in section 8.2 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations)), any practitioner dispensing narcotic drugs pursuant to section 303(g) of the Controlled Substances Act, or any nonprofit organization that the Secretary deems appropriate. . Section 544(a)(4) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290dd–3(a)(4) ) is amended— in subparagraph (A), by inserting , including patients prescribed with both an opioid and a benzodiazepine before the semicolon at the end; and in subparagraph (D), by striking drug overdose and inserting substance overdose . Paragraph
(5)of section 544(c) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290dd–3(c) ) is amended to read as follows: To establish protocols to connect patients who have experienced an overdose with appropriate treatment, including overdose reversal medications, medication assisted treatment, and appropriate counseling and behavioral therapies. . Section 544 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290dd–3 ) is amended— by redesignating subsections
(d)through
(f)as subsections
(e)through (g), respectively; in subsection (f), as so redesignated, by striking subsection
(d)and inserting subsection
(e); and by inserting after subsection
(c)the following: The Secretary of Health and Human Services may provide information to States, localities, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and Urban Indian organizations on best practices for prescribing or co-prescribing a drug or device approved, cleared, or otherwise authorized under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose, including for patients receiving chronic opioid therapy and patients being treated for opioid use disorders. The Secretary of Defense may provide information to prescribers within Department of Defense medical facilities on best practices for prescribing or co-prescribing a drug or device approved, cleared, or otherwise authorized under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose, including for patients receiving chronic opioid therapy and patients being treated for opioid use disorders. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may provide information to prescribers within Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities on best practices for prescribing or co-prescribing a drug or device approved, cleared, or otherwise authorized under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose, including for patients receiving chronic opioid therapy and patients being treated for opioid use disorders. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as establishing or contributing to a medical standard of care. . Section 544(g) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290dd–3 ), as redesignated, is amended by striking fiscal years 2017 through 2021 and inserting fiscal years 2023 through 2027 . Section 544 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290dd–3 ), as amended, is further amended by striking approved or cleared each place it appears and inserting approved, cleared, or otherwise authorized . Section 107 of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 ( Public Law 114–198 ) is amended by striking subsection (b).
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- 42 USC 290dd–3(a)
- 42 USC 290dd–3(a)(4)
- 42 USC 290dd–3(c)
- 42 USC 290dd–3
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Sec. 219
Grants for reducing overdose deaths
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