,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbhd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #g1        
#bjag,mr4 ,latta 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,mc,kinley1 ,mr4 ,barton1 and ,mr4      
,johnson of ,ohio7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to establish a ,federal     
,coordinator within the ,department of  
,health and ,human ,services1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,indexing      
,narcotics1 ,fentanyl1 and ,opioids ,act
 of #bjag or the ,,info ,act4  #b4      
,establishment of ,federal ,coordinator 
7a7 ,in general ,not later than #fj days
 after the date of the enactment of this
 ,act1 the ,secretary of ,health and    
,human ,services shall appoint a        
,federal ,coordinator for the           
,department of ,health and ,human       
,services to carry out the duties       
described in subsection 7b74  7b7       
,duties ,the ,federal ,coordinator      

shall-- 7#a7 coordinate programs within 
the ,department of ,health and ,human   
,services that relate to opioid abuse   
reduction2  7#b7 serve as a liaison to  
,state and local governments and        
entities carrying out activities        
relating to opioid abuse reduction      
pursuant to a ,federal contract or      
grant2 and  7#c7 in consultation with   
the ,united ,states ,attorney ,general1 
the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs1   
the ,director of the ,office of         
,national ,drug ,control ,policy1 and   
any other individual that the ,federal  
,coordinator determines appropriate1    
establish and operate a publicly        
available electronic database through   
which the ,federal ,coordinator shall   
carry out the following3  7,a7 ,collect 
data on opioid abuse from ,federal      
agencies2 ,state1 local1 and ,tribal    
governments2 nonprofit organizations2   
law enforcement2 medical experts2 public
 health educators2 and research         
institutions4  7,b7 ,publish a          

comprehensive list of ,federal funding  
resources available to ,states for      
research on opioid abuse4  7,c7 ,analyze
 causes and trends behind opioid        
addiction and pain management4  7,d7    
,evaluate the effectiveness of ,federal 
programs for opioid abuse reduction1    
including opioid treatment programs and 
medicated-assisted treatments4  7,e7    
,evaluate whether any ,federal programs 
for opioid abuse reduction are          
duplicative4  7,f7 ,evaluate the extent 
to which ,federal grants for the        
implementation of opioid abuse          
prevention strategies are successful in 
addressing opioid abuse in local        
communities4  7,g7 ,provide             
recommendations to health care providers
 on alternatives to opioids for pain    
management and other areas in which     
health care providers can improve with  
respect to treating or preventing opioid
 abuse4  7,h7 ,analyze opioid           
prescription guidelines1 the different  
types of opioids prescribed by health   

care providers1 and the use of          
medicated-assisted treatments4  7,i7    
,compare the rate of opioid abuse in    
veterans receiving health care through  
the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs   
with the rate of opioid abuse in the    
general population4  7,j7 ,compare      
opioid abuse trends and prevention and  
treatment strategies in different       
regions and populations of the ,united  
,states and determine whether certain   
strategies are more effective than      
others4  7,k7 ,analyze to what extent   
,federal prevention and treatment       
strategies for opioid abuse are aligned 
with ,state and local prevention and    
treatment strategies4  7c7 ,reports     
7#a7 ,initial report ,not later than one
 year after the date of the enactment of
 this section1 the ,federal ,coordinator
 shall submit to ,congress an initial   
report on the results of any analysis1  
evaluation1 or comparison conducted     
under subsection 7b77#c74  7#b7 ,updated
 report ,not later than five years after

 the date of the enactment of this      
section1 the ,federal ,coordinator shall
 submit to ,congress a report that      
provides updates with respect to any    
results submitted in the initial report 
under paragraph 7#a74  7#c7 ,public     
availability ,each report submitted     
under this subsection shall be made     
publicly available on the electronic    
database established under subsection   
7b77#c74