H.R. 5048 would direct the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a study of the various state and local Good Samaritan laws pertaining to opioid drug overdoses. The bill defines Good Samaritan laws as those that provide immunity for people who respond to opioid overdoes by rendering aid or calling for emergency assistance.
CBO estimates that implementing the legislation would have no significant effect on the federal budget because the information needed to complete the report is readily available and would not take significant time or resources to compile. Because enacting the bill would not affect direct spending or revenues, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 5048 would not increase direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2027.
H.R. 5048 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal governments.
