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Overdose Prevention Act

Introduced: July 31, 2014 Introduced by: Reed, Jack Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
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Jul 31, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 31, 2014
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5233-5234)
Jul 31, 2014
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Overdose Prevention Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to enter into cooperative agreements to reduce deaths from drug overdoses by: (1) purchasing and distributing naloxone (a medication that rapidly reverses overdose from heroin or other opioids, which are drugs with effects similar to opium) or a similar drug; and (2) educating or training the public, first responders, or health professionals on drug overdose prevention or response. Requires the CDC to improve drug overdose surveillance by entering into cooperative agreements to: (1) provide training to improve identification of drug overdose as the cause of death, and (2) establish a national program for reporting drug overdoses.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a coordinating center and develop a plan to reduce drug overdose deaths by educating the public about overdose prevention and recommending improvements to overdose prevention programs.

Requires the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to prioritize, conduct, and support research on circumstances that contribute to drug overdose, drugs associated with fatal overdose, and overdose prevention methods. Directs NIDA to support research on drug overdose treatments that can be administered by lay persons or first responders.
What's happening now July 31, 2014

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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