This part changes an older law about tracking drug deaths. It widens the law past opioids to other drugs. It lets grant money pay for new ways to spot drug use, such as testing waste water. It also sets a new top amount of money.
The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 103 in the PDF
What the document says
“in subparagraph (D), by striking ``opioids'' and inserting ``substances causing overdose''”
The section amends section 392A(a)(2)(D) of the Public Health Service Act, taking out the word opioids and putting in the phrase substances causing overdose. A related change in the same subsection adds the words and associated risks.
What the document actually says
“in subparagraph (D), by striking ``opioids'' and inserting ``substances causing overdose''”
That sentence, in plain words
The word opioids is taken out. In its place go the words substances causing overdose.
What this is about
Opioids are one kind of drug. Other drugs can kill too. Changing the word means the work covers more than one kind of drug.
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The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 103 in the PDF
What the document says
“To carry out innovative projects for grantees to detect, identify, and rapidly respond to controlled substance misuse, abuse, and overdoses, and associated risk factors, including changes in patterns of such controlled substance use.”
The section rewrites section 392A(a)(3)(A) of the Public Health Service Act. The rewritten paragraph names innovative projects to detect and respond to controlled substance misuse as a purpose for which grants may be made, and the sentence that follows it names wastewater surveillance as an example, if proven to support actionable prevention strategies and consistent with Federal and State privacy laws.
What the document actually says
“To carry out innovative projects for grantees to detect, identify, and rapidly respond to controlled substance misuse, abuse, and overdoses, and associated risk factors, including changes in patterns of such controlled substance use.”
That sentence, in plain words
Grant money can pay for new kinds of projects. The projects find drug use and answer it fast. They also look at what puts people at risk.
What this is about
One example named in the law is testing waste water. Waste water is what goes down the drain. It can show what drugs are being used in a town.
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The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 103 in the PDF
What the document says
“is amended by striking ``$496,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023'' and inserting ``$505,579,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030''.”
The section amends section 392A(e) of the Public Health Service Act, replacing the ceiling of $496,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 with $505,579,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030.
What the document actually says
“is amended by striking ``$496,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023'' and inserting ``$505,579,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030''.”
That sentence, in plain words
The old top amount was $496,000,000 a year. The new top amount is $505,579,000 a year. It runs from 2026 through 2030.
What this is about
This is a ceiling, not a check. Congress must still vote each year to pay out the money.
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Reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, Public Law 119-44, sec. 103, 139 Stat. 670 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ44/html/PLAW-119publ44.htm
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“Preventing Overdoses of Controlled Substances,” Reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, section 103. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-44/section-103/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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What This Page Covers, and What It Leaves Out
Each distinct change the section makes: the widening of the wording from opioids to substances causing overdose and to associated risk factors, the rewritten grant purpose in section 392A(a)(3)(A), and the new spending ceiling.
Purely mechanical amendments. Inserting a comma, changing a lower case letter to a capital, and striking one word to insert another are recorded only where they change what somebody must do.
The section works by amending section 392A of the Public Health Service Act, which is not indexed here. A reader following a citation into that statute will find the older wording until this one is applied, and nothing here records what the rest of that section says.
