Pub. L. 119-44, tit. I, sec. 103 (as amended)
PREVENTING OVERDOSES OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.
SEC. 103. PREVENTING OVERDOSES OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.
(a) In General.—Section 392A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b-1) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2)—
(A) in subparagraph (C), by inserting “and associated risks” before the period at the end; and
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking “opioids” and inserting “substances causing overdose”; and
(2) in subsection (b)(2)—
(A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting “, and associated risk factors,” after “such overdoses”;
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking “coding” and inserting “monitoring and identifying”;
(C) in subparagraph (E)—
(i) by inserting a comma after “public health laboratories”; and
(ii) by inserting “and other emerging substances related” after “analogues”; and
(D) in subparagraph (F), by inserting “and associated risk factors” after “overdoses”.
(b) Additional Grants.—Section 392A(a)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b-1(a)(3)) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “and Indian Tribes—” and inserting “and Indian Tribes for the following purposes:”;
(2) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
“(A) To carry out innovative projects for grantees to detect, identify, and rapidly respond to controlled substance misuse, abuse, and overdoses, and associated risk factors, including changes in patterns of such controlled substance use. Such projects may include the use of innovative, evidence-based strategies for detecting such patterns, such as wastewater surveillance, if proven to support actionable
prevention strategies, in a manner consistent with applicable Federal and State privacy laws.”
; and
(3) in subparagraph (B), by striking “for any” and inserting “For any”.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.—Section 392A(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b-1(e)) is amended by striking “$496,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023” and inserting “$505,579,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030”.