Opioid Overdose Data Collection Enhancement Act

This bill expands a federal grant program to help communities track opioid overdoses in near real time. It lets states, local governments, tribes, and coalitions of law enforcement use funds to build easy-to-use web and mobile tools that map suspected overdoses and when first responders give overdose‑reversal medicine. The goal is better, faster data so public safety, health, and behavioral health teams can act quickly.

Key points:

• Who can get grants: states, local governments, Indian tribes, and coalitions of law enforcement. Coalitions can only use funds for overdose data collection and must follow the same grant rules as others.
• What’s funded: tools (including mobile mapping apps) to track locations of fatal and nonfatal overdoses and when first responders administer overdose‑reversal medication.
• Program requirements: support coordinated public safety, behavioral health, and public health responses; focus on hotspots and trends; work with (be interoperable with) existing federal, state, local, Tribal, and law‑enforcement coalition systems; and share data with federal, state, Tribal, territorial governments, and law‑enforcement coalitions.
• Before applying: conduct an audit of available data and resources and include it in the grant application.
• Federal role: the Attorney General must consult with agencies that run overdose data tools, including the Office of National Drug Control Policy.