# 117-s-2796: Rural Opioid Abuse Prevention Act

117-s-2796, Rural Opioid Abuse Prevention Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] (D-GA); status became_law; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-01-05).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-s-2796
- Congress: 117
- Title: Rural Opioid Abuse Prevention Act
- Status: became_law
- Introduced: 2021-09-22
- Sponsor: Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] (D-GA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-01-05

## Summary

**Creates a rural-focused pilot program to reduce opioid overdose deaths.** The law adds a new rural pilot to the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program to fund local community response efforts and encourage treatment-focused alternatives to incarceration. - Rural residents and families: Grants fund community response programs that must identify gaps in prevention, treatment, and recovery for people who encounter the criminal justice system and establish treatment protocols to address those gaps. - Local governments and partners: Grants are awarded to units of local government that work jointly with public safety, public health, and behavioral health collaborators and may include presenting alternatives to incarceration as part of treatment and recovery pathways. - State prescription drug monitoring programs and health systems: The Attorney General may increase a grant by up to 5% for each of two years after a rural area certifies it submits prescribing data on Schedule II, III, and IV controlled substances to a PDMP or centralized state database. That submission must support interoperability with other States and with electronic health records, hospitals, pharmacies, and health information exchanges, and the law does not require a single interstate data platform and preserves PDMP discretion on connections.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] (R-IA), 2021-09-22T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2022-12-06T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed | 408 | 11 |

## Provisions PRIA read

- Rural communities get opioid response grants: benefit, low. The law funds grants for rural communities to cut opioid overdose deaths. Local governments must run programs with public safety, public health, and behavioral health partners. Funded programs must find gaps in prevention, treatment, and recovery for people who touch the justice system, and set tre…

## Related bills

- 117-s-1511: Protecting America’s First Responders Act of 2021
- 117-s-3846: Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Reauthorization Act of 2022
- 117-s-1502: COPS Counseling Act
- 117-s-3059: Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act
- 117-s-4524: Speak Out Act
- 117-s-2899: Prison Camera Reform Act of 2021

## Sources
- [117-s-2796 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2796)

## Related
- [117-s-1511: Protecting America’s First Responders Act of 2021](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-s-1511)
- [117-s-3846: Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Reauthorization Act of 2022](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-s-3846)
- [117-s-1502: COPS Counseling Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-s-1502)
- [117-s-3059: Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-s-3059)
- [117-s-4524: Speak Out Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-s-4524)
- [117-s-2899: Prison Camera Reform Act of 2021](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-s-2899)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-s-2796 (as of 2026-01-05).