Overdose RADAR Act

Key Points

• Would let health officials give grants to states and local areas to improve overdose tracking, like better toxicology tests and faster electronic death reports.
• Would push the national drug policy office to set clearer reporting standards and reduce duplicated programs across federal agencies.
• Would start a 3-year pilot to test city wastewater to spot fentanyl and similar drugs in communities, as an early warning tool.
• Would require state opioid grant programs to report challenges and share best practices on preventing overdoses.
• Would allow grants to help schools keep emergency overdose medicine on hand and train staff, and would treat fentanyl test strips as allowed support items.