# 119-s-690: Overdose RADAR Act

119-s-690, Overdose RADAR Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-690
- Congress: 119
- Title: Overdose RADAR Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-24
- Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-11

## Summary

**This bill would expand federal data collection, coordination, and grants to fight the fentanyl crisis, centering** **data-driven overdose prevention**. It would also strengthen school-based emergency response and push for uniform national overdose reporting. - Would authorize grants for elementary and secondary schools to stock and allow trained personnel to administer emergency opioid overdose drugs or devices. States must have attorney general certification that civil liability protections cover trained staff. - Would create a new grant authority and fund improved surveillance, including enhanced postmortem toxicology, electronic death reporting, and cross-system data linkage. It also establishes a 3-year CDC wastewater pilot to let municipal treatment plants test communities for fentanyl, xylazine, and other illicit substances. - Would reconstitute the Office of National Drug Control Policy with a Cabinet-level Director and require interagency coordination and national data standards with the Department of Justice and health agencies. It would add fentanyl test strips to the Controlled Substances Act framework and tighten rules around grant reprogramming and review to limit duplication.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Fentanyl test strips explicitly allowed: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would add 'fentanyl test strips' to a federal list of allowed items. This would reduce legal uncertainty for groups and people who distribute or use test strips for harm reduction.
- Overdose emergency drugs in schools: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Secretary could give grants to eligible entities to put emergency overdose drugs and devices in public and private K–12 schools. Grants would support training and let trained staff administer emergency drugs, keep an accessible supply, and plan to have trained staff during all opera…
- Federal drug data coordination rules: benefit, medium. If enacted, ONDCP would have to coordinate with DOJ, HHS, and others to set national drug-data submission standards and avoid duplicating grants. ONDCP would be asked to recommend recording some overdose deaths as homicides when evidence shows they were not self-induced. The bill would also change…
- More state grants for overdose data: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would let the Secretary award grants to States, territories, and localities to improve overdose data. Grants could pay for better postmortem toxicology, cross-system data linkage, and electronic death reporting. The bill would also require State Opioid Response grantees to asse…
- Three-year wastewater drug pilot: benefit, low. If enacted, the CDC Director would run a three-year competitive pilot with the Attorney General. Grants would go to municipal wastewater plants to test for drugs like fentanyl and xylazine in community wastewater. The pilot would start on enactment and end three years later.

## Related bills

- 119-s-2120: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-4782: ReportScams.gov Act
- 119-s-4280: SAFE Act
- 119-s-3602: Public Charge Clarification Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-s-690 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/690)

## Related
- [119-s-2120: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2120)
- [119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1541)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-4782: ReportScams.gov Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4782)
- [119-s-4280: SAFE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4280)
- [119-s-3602: Public Charge Clarification Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3602)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-690 (as of 2026-07-11).