{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-2364","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 2364","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Synthetic Opioid Danger Awareness Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to provide for a public education campaign to raise public awareness of synthetic opioids.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to provide for a public education campaign to raise public awareness of synthetic opioids."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Synthetic Opioid Danger Awareness Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Synthetic Opioid Danger Awareness Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as 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including fentanyl and its analogues, and to publish a training guide and webinar on preventing exposure to them.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2364/text/eh#H3FA7A760669943929CA9F30D771AF342"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2364/text/eh#HFACBBAE69C9745A9B9ED1E1FB8B9CFAB"}]},"core_areas":["Public education campaign on synthetic opioids including fentanyl","Training guide and outreach on preventing synthetic opioid exposure"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Secretary, within one year of enactment, to provide for planning and implementing a public education campaign to raise public awareness of synthetic opioids, including fentanyl and its analogues.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2364/text/eh#H3FA7A760669943929CA9F30D771AF342"}},{"text":"Requires the campaign to share information on the potency and dangers of fentanyl and its analogues and other synthetic opioids, on services of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and on opioid use and pain management.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2364/text/eh#H3FA7A760669943929CA9F30D771AF342"}},{"text":"Requires an independent evaluation of the campaign beginning 2 years after enactment and every 2 years after, and requires reports to Congress on the campaign's effectiveness on the same schedule.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2364/text/eh#H3FA7A760669943929CA9F30D771AF342"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to develop and implement a plan to disseminate information on synthetic opioids to health care providers who participate in listed Federal programs, including Medicare and Medicaid.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 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House","date":"2021-12-08","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2364/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2364","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2364/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-2364.png","v":"2472c2f01fd1","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 2364, 117th Congress: Synthetic Opioid Danger Awareness Act. House: 411 Yea, 14 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 8 Dec 2021."}}