In the nature of a substitute.

This amendment's own text couldn't be picked out of its Congressional Record passage, so the passage is shown in full.

SA 4879. Mr. SCHUMER (for Mr. Ossoff (for himself and Mr. Grassley))
proposed an amendment to the bill S. 2796,


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  On page S9050, December 8, 2021, in the first column, the
following appears: SA 4879. Mr. SCHUMER (for Mr. OSSOFF) proposed
an amendment to the bill S. 2796. . .

  The online Record has been corrected to read: SA 4879. Mr.
SCHUMER (for Mr. OSSOFF (for himself and Mr. GRASSLEY)) proposed
an amendment to the bill S. 2796. . .


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  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; as follows:

        Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
     following:

     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 reducing opioid
     overdose deaths, which may include presenting alternatives to
     incarceration, as described in subsection (f).''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(f) Rural Pilot Program.--
       ``(1) In general.--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.
       ``(2) Rules of construction.--Nothing in this subsection
     shall be construed to--
       ``(A) direct or encourage a State to use a specific
     interstate data sharing program; or
       ``(B) limit or prohibit the discretion of a prescription
     drug monitoring program for interoperability connections to
     other programs (including electronic health records systems,
     hospital systems, pharmacy dispensing systems, or health
     information exchanges).''.
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