Overdose RADAR Act

Sponsor: Rick Scott (Republican-FL)February 24, 2025

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Fentanyl test strips would be legal nationwide, and schools could get funds for overdose medicine.

This bill would make fentanyl test strips legal across the country, helping people check for dangerous substances. It would also let schools get grants to keep overdose reversal medicine on hand and train staff to use it, aiming to save lives and improve safety.

What Would Change

Today, fentanyl test strips can be considered illegal drug tools under federal law, and schools may not have clear programs or legal protections for staff to administer opioid overdose reversal drugs. This bill would make fentanyl test strips explicitly legal nationwide and would create a grant program for schools to stock overdose reversal medicine and train staff, while also improving how states collect opioid overdose data.

Key Provisions

Makes fentanyl test strips legal under federal law by removing them from the definition of drug paraphernalia.
Lets public and private elementary and secondary schools get grants to keep opioid overdose reversal drugs and train staff to use them.
Gives money to states, territories, and local areas to improve how they collect data on opioid-related overdoses.
Requires federal drug policy agencies to work together better, prevent duplicate efforts, and create national standards for submitting drug data.
Creates a 3-year program to test wastewater in communities for illicit substances like fentanyl.
Requires states receiving opioid response grants to assess challenges in addressing drug misuse and to share best practices for preventing overdoses.

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Overdose RADAR Act

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