,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #haib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #b1 #bjbf,mr4 
,taylor introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
direct the ,secretary of ,health and    
,human ,services to issue guidelines for
 the purpose of addressing the problem  
of nitazene overdoses1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,nitazene ,response 
,act4  #b4 ,assistance in responding to 
nitazene overdoses  7a7 ,guidelines     
7#a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of     
,health and ,human ,services 7in this   
section referred to as the ,secretary7  
shall issue updated1 evidence-based     
clinical guidelines 7in this section    
referred to as the guidelines7 for      
responding to nitazene overdoses4  7#b7 
,contents ,the guidelines shall         
contain-- 7,a7 a description of best    
practices for responding to potential   
nitazene overdoses1 including protocols 

for administering naloxone2  7,b7       
guidance for emergency departments and  
hospitals in responding to nitazene     
overdoses2  7,c7 guidance for rural and 
volunteer emergency medical services    
systems in responding to nitazene       
overdoses2 and  7,d7 such other         
information as the ,secretary determines
 appropriate4  7#c7 ,publication ,not   
later than #ahj days after the date of  
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
shall publish the guidelines on the     
public internet website of the          
,department of ,health and ,human       
,services4  7b7 ,report to ,congress    
,not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this ,act1 the          
,secretary shall submit to ,congress a  
report containing the guidelines and a  
description of how the guidelines will  
assist in addressing the problem of     
nitazene overdoses4  7c7 ,definitions   
,in this section3  7#a7 ,nitazene  7,a7 
,in general ,the term nitazene means    
benzimidazole-opioids1 including any    

substance 7including its salts1 isomers1
 and salts of isomers7 that has a       
chemical structure that is substantially
 similar to that of etonitazene or      
isotonitazene1 including-- 7i7 a        
benzimidazole core substituted at the   
#b-position with a benzyl or substituted
 benzyl group2  7ii7 a basic            
nitrogen-containing side chain at the   
#a-position2 and  7iii7 exhibits agonist
 activity at the mu-opioid receptor4    
7,b7 ,included substances ,the term     
nitazene includes1 at a minimum1 the    
following3 etonitazene1 clonitazene1    
metonitazene1 isotonitazene1            
protonitazene1 butonitazene1            
etodesnitazene1 flunitazene1            
,n-pyrrolidino etonitazene1 ,n-desethyl 
isotonitazene1 and ,n-piperidinyl       
etonitazene4  7#b7 ,nitazene overdose   
,the term nitazene overdose means an    
overdose involving nitazene or any other
 ultra-potent synthetic opioid4