Rural Area Opioid Prevention Pilot Program Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2985 To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for the eligibility of rural community response pilot programs for funding under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 4, 2021 Mr. LAMB (for himself, Mr. FEENSTRA, Ms. SPANBERGER, and Mrs. MILLER- MEEKS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for the eligibility of rural commu- nity response pilot programs for funding under the Com- prehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rural Area Opioid Pre- 4 vention Pilot Program Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:42 Jun 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2985.IH H2985 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2985 IH SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF RURAL COMMUNITY RESPONSE 1 PILOT PROGRAMS FOR FUNDING UNDER THE 2 COMPREHENSIVE OPIOID ABUSE GRANT PRO- 3 GRAM. 4 Section 3021 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 5 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10701) is amend- 6 ed— 7 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 8 (A) in subparagraph (F), by striking 9 ‘‘and’’; 10 (B) in subparagraph (G), by striking the 11 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 12 (C) by adding at the end the following: 13 ‘‘(H) a pilot program for rural areas to im- 14 plement community response programs that 15 focus on presenting alternatives to incarceration 16 and reducing opioid overdose deaths, as de- 17 scribed in subsection (f).’’; and 18 (2) by adding at the end the following: 19 ‘‘(f) RURAL PILOT PROGRAM.—The pilot program 20 described under this subsection shall make grants to rural 21 areas to implement community response programs to re- 22 duce opioid overdose deaths. Grants issued under this sub- 23 section shall be jointly operated by units of local govern- 24 ment, in collaboration with public safety and public health 25 agencies or public safety, public health and behavioral 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:42 Jun 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2985.IH H2985 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2985 IH health collaborations. A community response program 1 under this subsection shall identify gaps in community 2 prevention, treatment, and recovery services for individ- 3 uals who encounter the criminal justice system and shall 4 establish treatment protocols to address identified short- 5 comings. The Attorney General, through the Office of Jus- 6 tice Programs, shall increase the amount provided as a 7 grant under this section for a pilot program by no more 8 than five percent for each of the two years following cer- 9 tification by the Attorney General of the submission of 10 data by the rural area on the prescribing of schedules II, 11 III, and IV controlled substances to a prescription drug 12 monitoring program, or any other centralized database ad- 13 ministered by an authorized State agency, which includes 14 tracking the dispensation of such substances, and pro- 15 viding for interoperability and data sharing with each 16 other such program (including an electronic health records 17 system) in each other State, and with any interstate entity 18 that shares information between such programs.’’. 19 SEC. 3. PROVISION REGARDING CERTAIN FUNDING LEVEL 20 FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES. 21 Section 3024 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 22 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10704) is amend- 23 ed— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:42 Jun 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2985.IH H2985 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 2985 IH (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 1 end; 2 (2) in paragraph (2)(C) by striking the period 3 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 4 (3) by adding at the end the following: 5 ‘‘(3) provides that no less than 10 percent of 6 grants issued pursuant to this part shall be awarded 7 to rural areas.’’. 8 SEC. 4. DEFINITION. 9 Section 3025 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 10 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10705) is amend- 11 ed by adding at the end the following: 12 ‘‘(9) The term ‘rural area’ have the meanings 13 given such terms in section 343(a)(13)(A) of the 14 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 15 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)(A)).’’. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:42 Jun 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2985.IH H2985 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS