,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eehj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bc1 #bjah    
,ms4 ,kuster of ,new ,hampshire 7for    
herself1 ,mr4 ,mac,arthur1 ,mr4 ,jenkins
 of ,west ,virginia1 and ,mr4 ,norcross7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
authorize the ,secretary of ,health and 
,human ,services to conduct programs to 
address the usage of illicit drugs1     
particularly fentanyl1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,surveillance and   
,testing of ,opioids to ,prevent        
,fentanyl ,deaths ,act of #bjah or the  
,,stop ,fentanyl ,deaths ,act of #bjah4 
#b4 ,public health laboratories to      
detect fentanyl  7a7 ,in general ,the   
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services 7in this section referred to  
as the ,secretary7 shall establish a    
program to award grants to ,federal1    
,state1 and local agencies for the      

establishment or operation of public    
health laboratories to detect fentanyl1 
its analogues1 and other synthetic      
opioids1 as described in subsection 7b74
  7b7 ,standards ,the ,secretary1 acting
 through the ,assistant ,secretary for  
,mental ,health and ,substance ,use1 and
 in consultation with the ,director of  
the ,national ,institute of ,standards  
and ,technology1 shall--  7#a7 develop  
standards for effectively handling and  
testing fentanyl1 its analogues1 and    
other synthetic opioids2 and  7#b7      
include in such standards procedures for
 encountering new and emerging synthetic
 opioid formulations and reporting those
 findings to other ,federal1 ,state1 and
 local public health laboratories4  7c7 
,laboratories ,each public health       
laboratory funded under subsection 7a7  
shall-- 7#a7 agree to follow the        
standards established under subsection  
7b7 and be capable of providing         
systematic and routine laboratory       
testing of drugs for the purposes of    

obtaining and disseminating public      
health information to ,federal1 ,state1 
and local public health officials1      
laboratories1 and other entities the    
,secretary deems appropriate2  7#b7 work
 with law enforcement agencies and      
public health authorities to develop    
real-time information on the purity and 
movement of fentanyl1 its analogues1 and
 other synthetic opioids2  7#c7 assist  
,state and local law enforcement        
agencies in testing seized drugs when   
,state and local forensic laboratories  
request additional assistance2 and  7#d7
 provide early warning information and  
advice to ,federal1 ,state1 and local   
law enforcement agencies and public     
health authorities of potential         
significant changes in the supply of    
fentanyl1 its analogues1 and other      
synthetic opioids4  7d7 ,authorization  
of appropriations ,to carry out this    
section1 there is authorized to be      
appropriated #ae1jjj1jjj for each of    
fiscal years #bjah through #bjbb4  #c4  

,enhanced fentanyl surveillance  7a7 ,in
 general ,the ,director of the ,centers 
for ,disease ,control and ,prevention   
shall enhance its drug surveillance     
program by--  7#a7 expanding its        
surveillance program to include all #ej 
,states and the territories of the      
,united ,states2  7#b7 increasing and   
accelerating the collection of data on  
fentanyl1 its analogues1 and other      
synthetic opioids1 including related    
overdose data from medical examiners and
 drug treatment admissions2 and  7#c7   
utilizing available and emerging        
information on fentanyl1 its analogues1 
and other synthetic opioids1 including--
  7,a7 the ,national ,drug ,early       
,warning ,system2  7,b7 ,state and local
 public health authorities2 and  7,c7   
,federal1 ,state1 and local public      
health laboratories4  7b7 ,authorization
 of appropriations ,to carry out this   
section1 there is authorized to be      
appropriated #aj1jjj1jjj for each of    
fiscal years #bjah through #bjbb4  #d4  

,pilot program for point-of-use testing 
of illicit drugs for dangerous          
contaminants  7a7 ,in general ,the      
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services1 acting through the ,assistant
 ,secretary for ,mental ,health and     
,substance ,use1 in coordination with   
the ,director of the ,centers for       
,disease ,control and ,prevention1      
shall--  7#a7 establish a pilot program 
through which #e ,state or local        
agencies conduct1 in #e ,states1        
point-of-use testing of illicit drugs   
for dangerous contaminants2  7#b7       
establish metrics to evaluate the       
success of the pilot program in reducing
 drug overdose rates2 and  7#c7 based on
 such metrics1 conduct an annual        
evaluation of the pilot program and     
submit an annual report to the ,congress
 containing the results of such         
evaluation4  7b7 ,authorization of      
appropriations ,to carry out this       
section1 there is authorized to be      
appropriated #e1jjj1jjj for each of     

fiscal years #bjah through #bjbb4