Sec. 105. Grants to improve public health surveillance in forensic laboratories
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Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The purpose of a grant awarded under this section shall be to promote public health by assisting a State or unit of local government— establish or improve a surveillance program in order to facilitate the seizure of covered controlled substances; and carry out the activities described in section 101 of the STOP Fentanyl Overdoses Act of 2023 .
The Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, may make a grant to a State or unit of local government to promote public health by establishing or improving a surveillance program in order to facilitate the seizure of covered controlled substances. A grant awarded under this section shall be used for a program, project, or other activity to— reimburse a State, local, or other forensic science laboratory for costs associated with testing to help address any backlog of untested samples of covered controlled substances; reimburse a State, local, or other forensic science laboratory for the procurement of equipment, technology, or other support systems; reimburse State, local, or other forensic science laboratory for improved, real time data exchange with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on covered controlled substances; and support a State or local health departments deployed to address the use of covered controlled substances.
A program, project, or other activity pursuant to subsection (c)(2) shall require that the State, unit of local government, or Tribe demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Attorney General, that any reimbursement would result in improved efficiency of laboratory testing and help prevent future backlogs. Seventy-five percent of the amount made available to carry out this section in a fiscal year shall be allocated to each State or unit of local government that meets the requirements of section 2802 so that each State or unit of local government shall receive an amount that bears the same ratio to the 75 percent of the total amount made available to carry out this section for that fiscal year as the population of the State or unit of local government bears to the population of all States or units of local governments.
Twenty-five percent of the amount made available to carry out this section in a fiscal year shall be allocated pursuant to the discretion of the Attorney General for competitive grants to States or units of local government with high rates of primary treatment admissions for polysubstance use, including for covered controlled substances, for use by State, local, or Tribal law enforcement agencies. Not less than 60 percent of any amounts made available to carry out this section shall be awarded for a program, project, or other activity under paragraph
(1)or
(2)of subsection (c). Notwithstanding paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), each State receiving funds shall not receive less than 0.6 percent of the amount made available to carry out this section in each fiscal year. In this section, the term covered controlled substance means heroin, fentanyl, a fentanyl-related substance, and any associated synthetic drug. .
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Grants to improve public health surveillance in forensic laboratories
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