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H.R. 6311: S.O.S Act

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H.R. 6311: S.O.S Act

112th Congress · introduced 2012-08-02 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2012-08-02 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

S.O.S Act

Plain summary

Stop Overdose Stat Act or the S.O.S. Act - Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) award grants or enter into cooperative agreements to enable eligible entities to reduce deaths occurring from drug overdoses, and (2) give priority to eligible public health agencies or community-based organizations that have expertise in preventing deaths occurring from overdoses in high risk populations. Conditions receipt of a grant or agreement on an entity agreeing to use the grant or agreement for: (1) purchasing and distributing the drug naloxone; (2) educating physicians and pharmacists about overdose prevention and naloxone prescription; (3) training first responders, other individuals in a position to respond to an overdose, and law enforcement and corrections officials on the effective response; (4) implementing and enhancing programs to provide overdose prevention, recognition, treatment, and response to individuals in need; and (5) expanding such programs. Requires the Director to: (1) compile and publish, annually, data on fatal and nonfatal drug overdoses for the preceding year; and (2) award grants to state, local, or tribal governments, or the National Poison Data System working in conjunction with such governments, to improve drug overdose surveillance and reporting capabilities. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop and submit to Congress a plan to reduce the number of deaths occurring from overdoses. Requires the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to: (1) prioritize and conduct or support research on drug overdose and overdose prevention, and (2) support research on the development of dosage forms of naloxone for the prehospital treatment of unintentional drug overdose.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

S.O.S Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4] · 32 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), André Carson (D-IN), William R. Keating (D-MA), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), James P. McGovern (D-MA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr6311 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112