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S. 2796 (Introduced-in-Senate)


117th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2796


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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

September 22 (legislative day, September 21), 2021

Mr. Ossoff (for himself and Mr. Grassley) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Rural Opioid Abuse Prevention Act ”.

SEC. 2. Eligibility of rural community response pilot programs for funding under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program.

Section 3021 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10701) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)(1)—

(A) in subparagraph (F), by striking “and”;

(B) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and

(C) by adding at the end the following:

“(H) a pilot program for rural areas to implement community response programs that focus on presenting alternatives to incarceration and reducing opioid overdose deaths, as described in subsection (f).”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

“(f) Rural pilot program.—The pilot program described under this subsection shall make grants to rural areas to implement community response programs to reduce opioid overdose deaths. Grants issued under this subsection shall be jointly operated by units of local government, in collaboration with public safety and public health agencies or public safety, public health and behavioral health collaborations. A community response program under this subsection shall identify gaps in community prevention, treatment, and recovery services for individuals who encounter the criminal justice system and shall establish treatment protocols to address identified shortcomings. The Attorney General, through the Office of Justice Programs, 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 II, III, and IV controlled substances to a prescription drug monitoring program, or any other centralized database administered by an authorized State agency, which includes tracking the dispensation of such substances, and providing for interoperability and data sharing with each other such program (including an electronic health records system) in each other State, and with any interstate entity that shares information between such programs.”.

SEC. 3. Provision regarding certain funding level for rural communities.

Section 3024 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10704) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1) by striking “and” at the end;

(2) in paragraph (2)(C) by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

“(3) provides that not less than 10 percent of grants issued pursuant to this part shall be awarded to rural areas.”.

SEC. 4. Definition.

Section 3025 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10705) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(9) The term ‘rural area’ has the meaning given such term in section 343(a)(13)(A) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)(A)).”.