Sec. 703. GOOD SAMARITAN ASSESSMENT

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## SEC. 703 GOOD SAMARITAN ASSESSMENT ###

(a)Finding The Congress finds that the executive branch, including the Office of National Drug Control Policy, has a policy focus on preventing and addressing prescription drug misuse and heroin use, and has worked with States and municipalities to enact Good Samaritan laws that would protect caregivers, law enforcement personnel, and first responders who administer opioid overdose reversal drugs or devices. ###

(b)GAO Study on Good Samaritan Laws Pertaining to Treatment of Opioid Overdoses The Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives, the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on— ####

(1)the extent to which the Director of National Drug Control Policy has reviewed Good Samaritan laws, and any findings from such a review, including findings related to the potential effects of such laws, if available; ####

(2)efforts by the Director to encourage the enactment of Good Samaritan laws; and ####

(3)a compilation of Good Samaritan laws in effect in the States, the territories, and the District of Columbia. ###

(c)Definitions In this section— ####

(1)the term “Good Samaritan law” means a law of a State or unit of local government that exempts from criminal or civil liability any individual who administers an opioid overdose reversal drug or device, or who contacts emergency services providers in response to an overdose; and ####

(2)the term “opioid” means any drug, including heroin, having an addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine or being capable of conversion into a drug having such addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability.