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To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidelines for the purpose of addressing the problem of nitazene overdoses, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue updated, evidence-based clinical guidelines for responding to nitazene overdoses. The guidelines must include best practices for responding to nitazene overdoses (including naloxone protocols), guidance for emergency departments, hospitals, and rural and volunteer emergency medical services. The Secretary must publish the guidelines within 180 days on the HHS website and submit a report to Congress within one year describing the guidelines and their potential impact on addressing nitazene overdoses.
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- Apr 2, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- Apr 2, 2026 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 2, 2026
Mr. Taylor introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidelines for the purpose of addressing the problem of nitazene overdoses, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Nitazene Response Act”.
SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE IN RESPONDING TO NITAZENE OVERDOSES.
(a) Guidelines.—
(1) In general.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the “Secretary”) shall issue updated, evidence-based clinical guidelines (in this section referred to as the “guidelines”) for responding to nitazene overdoses.
(2) Contents.—The guidelines shall contain—
(A) a description of best practices for responding to potential nitazene overdoses, including protocols for administering naloxone;
(B) guidance for emergency departments and hospitals in responding to nitazene overdoses;
(C) guidance for rural and volunteer emergency medical services systems in responding to nitazene overdoses; and
(D) such other information as the Secretary determines appropriate.
(3) Publication.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish the guidelines on the public internet website of the Department of Health and Human Services.
(b) Report to Congress.—Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing the guidelines and a description of how the guidelines will assist in addressing the problem of nitazene overdoses.
(c) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) Nitazene.—
(A) In general.—The term “nitazene” means benzimidazole-opioids, including any substance (including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers) that has a chemical structure that is substantially similar to that of etonitazene or isotonitazene, including—
(i) a benzimidazole core substituted at the 2-position with a benzyl or substituted benzyl group;
(ii) a basic nitrogen-containing side chain at the 1-position; and
(iii) exhibits agonist activity at the mu- opioid receptor.
(B) Included substances.—The term “nitazene” includes, at a minimum, the following: etonitazene, clonitazene, metonitazene, isotonitazene, protonitazene, butonitazene, etodesnitazene, flunitazene, N-pyrrolidino etonitazene, N-desethyl isotonitazene, and N-piperidinyl etonitazene.
(2) Nitazene overdose.—The term “nitazene overdose” means an overdose involving nitazene or any other ultra-potent synthetic opioid. <all>
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