,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bigf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bh 
7legislative day1 ,september #bb71      
#bjbc,mr4 ,booker introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to ensure that expenses        
relating to the acquisition or use of   
devices for use in the detection of     
fentanyl1 xylazine1 and other emerging  
adulterant substances1 including test   
strips are allowable expenses under     
certain grant programs4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,preventing ,overdoses with ,test       
,strips ,act4  #b4 ,amending the #bast  
,century ,cures ,act to authorize the   
use of funds for devices for use in the 
detection of fentanyl1 xylazine1 and    
other emerging adulterant substances    
,section #ajjc of the #bast ,century    
,cures ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bij;ee-#c;a7
 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection        

7b77#d71 by adding at the end the       
following3  7,g7 ,providing assistance  
for expenses relating to the acquisition
 or use of adulterant substance         
detection devices4  2 and  7#b7 in      
subsection 7h7-- 7,a7 by redesignating  
paragraphs 7#a7 through 7#d7 as         
paragraphs 7#b7 through 7#e71           
respectively2 and  7,b7 by inserting    
before paragraph 7#b7 7as so            
redesignated71 the following3  7#a7     
,adulterant substance detection device  
,the term adulterant substance detection
 device means a device1 including a test
 strip1 that can detect the presence of 
an adulterant1 such as fentanyl1        
xylazine1 or another adulterant in a    
drug sample prior to use of a controlled
 substance4  4  #c4 ,amending the       
,public ,health ,service ,act to        
authorize the use of funds for devices  
for use in the detection of fentanyl1   
xylazine1 and other emerging adulterant 
substances ,part ,a of title ,v of the  
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      

,u4,s4,c4 #bij;aa et seq47 is amended by
 adding at the end the following3       
#ejf;,b4 ,use of funds for devices for  
use in the detection of fentanyl1       
xylazine1 and other emerging adulterant 
substances  7a7 ,in general ,expenses   
relating to the acquisition or use of   
adulterant substance detection devices  
shall be allowable expenses under any   
grant1 contract1 or cooperative         
agreement entered into by the ,substance
 ,abuse and ,mental ,health ,services   
,administration under this ,act4  7b7   
,definition ,in this section1 the term  
adulterant substance detection device   
has the meaning given such term in      
section #ajjc7;h77#a7 of the #bast      
,century ,cures ,act4  4