#aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,s4   
#bgif  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend the        
,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe      
,streets ,act of #aifh to provide for   
the eligibility of rural community      
response pilot programs for funding     
under the ,comprehensive ,opioid ,abuse 
,grant ,program1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,rural ,opioid ,abuse      
,prevention ,act 4  #b4 ,eligibility of 
rural community response pilot programs 
for funding under the ,comprehensive    
,opioid ,abuse ,grant ,program ,section 
#cjba of title ,i of the ,omnibus ,crime
 ,control and ,safe ,streets ,act of    
#aifh 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4 #ajgja7 is         
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a77#a7--  
7,a7 in subparagraph 7,f71 by striking  
and2  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,g71 by     
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 and2 and  7,c7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7,h7 a pilot    
program for rural areas to implement    
community response programs that focus  

on reducing opioid overdose deaths1     
which may include presenting            
alternatives to incarceration1 as       
described in subsection 7f74  2 and     
7#b7 by adding at the end the following3
  7f7 ,rural pilot program  7#a7 ,in    
general ,the pilot program described    
under this subsection shall make grants 
to rural areas to implement community   
response programs to reduce opioid      
overdose deaths4 ,grants issued under   
this subsection shall be jointly        
operated by units of local government1  
in collaboration with public safety and 
public health agencies or public safety1
 public health and behavioral health    
collaborations4 ,a community response   
program under this subsection shall     
identify gaps in community prevention1  
treatment1 and recovery services for    
individuals who encounter the criminal  
justice system and shall establish      
treatment protocols to address          
identified shortcomings4 ,the ,attorney 
,general1 through the ,office of        

,justice ,programs1 shall increase the  
amount provided as a grant under this   
section for a pilot program by no more  
than five percent for each of the two   
years following certification by the    
,attorney ,general of the submission of 
data by the rural area on the           
prescribing of schedules ,,ii1 ,,iii1   
and ,,iv controlled substances to a     
prescription drug monitoring program1 or
 any other centralized database         
administered by an authorized ,state    
agency1 which includes tracking the     
dispensation of such substances1 and    
providing for interoperability and data 
sharing with each other such program    
7including an electronic health records 
system7 in each other ,state1 and with  
any interstate entity that shares       
information between such programs4  7#b7
 ,rules of construction ,nothing in this
 subsection shall be construed to-- 7,a7
 direct or encourage a ,state to use a  
specific interstate data sharing        
program2 or  7,b7 limit or prohibit the 

discretion of a prescription drug       
monitoring program for interoperability 
connections to other programs 7including
 electronic health records systems1     
hospital systems1 pharmacy dispensing   
systems1 or health information          
exchanges74  4  ,passed the ,senate     
,december #h1 #bjba4,secretary