The OPIOIDS Act authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to states, territories, and local communities to improve tracking and reporting of opioid overdose deaths. The grants can support enhanced postmortem toxicology testing, better data sharing between agencies, law enforcement training on overdose response, and upgrades to forensic laboratories and medical examiner offices. The bill also directs federal law enforcement to develop uniform reporting standards for drug testing data and requires the Drug Enforcement Administration to identify dedicated funding for fentanyl profiling in its annual budget requests. Any local agencies receiving grants must submit overdose data to the National Forensic Laboratory Information System. The legislation aims to address gaps in overdose data collection that currently prevent officials from accurately tracking the scope and nature of the opioid crisis.
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