Lifesaving Librarians Act

Lifesaving Librarians Act

This bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to establish a grant program for public libraries that are in designated high-intensity drug trafficking areas to purchase naloxone and train employees in naloxone administration.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4259 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4259

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of 
 Health and Human Services to award grants for naloxone rescue kits in 
               public libraries, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 6, 2017

  Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of 
 Health and Human Services to award grants for naloxone rescue kits in 
               public libraries, 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 ``Lifesaving Librarians Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR NALOXONE RESCUE KITS.

    The Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 
514 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-7) the following:

``SEC. 514A. GRANT PROGRAM FOR NALOXONE RESCUE KITS.

    ``(a) Grant Program Establishment.--The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall establish a program to award grants to public 
libraries for one or both of the following purposes:
            ``(1) To purchase naloxone rescue kits for use in such 
        public libraries.
            ``(2) To provide training to enable employees of such 
        public libraries to use naloxone rescue kits.
    ``(b) Eligibility.--
            ``(1) In general.--To seek a grant under this section, a 
        public library shall submit an application to the Secretary at 
        such time, in such form, and containing such information as the 
        Secretary may require.
            ``(2) Eligible public library.--To be eligible for a grant 
        under this section, a public library--
                    ``(A) shall certify that it owns, or will purchase 
                within 90 days of receipt of such grant, a naloxone 
                rescue kit;
                    ``(B) must be maintained for, and open to, the 
                general public; and
                    ``(C) must be in a county designated as a high-
                intensity drug trafficking area pursuant to section 707 
                of the Office of National Drug Control Policy 
                Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1706).
            ``(3) Limit on grants.--A library that receives a grant 
        under this section shall not be eligible to receive another 
        grant under this section until one year has elapsed from the 
        date of receipt of such grant.
    ``(c) Trained Employee Required.--
            ``(1) In general.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
        this section, a public library shall certify that--
                    ``(A) on the date of receipt of such grant, it will 
                employ a full-time employee who has been trained in the 
                use of naloxone rescue kits; or
                    ``(B) if on the date of receipt of such grant it 
                will not employ a full-time employee who has been 
                trained in the use of naloxone rescue kits, it will 
                hire such an employee within 90 days of the date of 
                receipt of such grant.
            ``(2) Continuity in employment.--To be eligible to receive 
        a grant under this section, a public library shall certify that 
        for a continuous period of one year following the date of 
        receipt of such grant--
                    ``(A) in the case of a library that makes a 
                certification pursuant to paragraph (1)(A), it shall 
                not lack a full-time employee who has been trained in 
                the use of naloxone rescue kits for a continuous period 
                of longer than 30 days; or
                    ``(B) in the case of a library that makes a 
                certification pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), following 
                the date upon which it first hires a full-time employee 
                who has been trained in the use of naloxone rescue 
                kits, it shall not lack such an employee for a 
                continuous period of longer than 30 days.
            ``(3) Full-time employee.--In this subsection, the term 
        `full-time employee' means, with respect to any month, an 
        employee who is employed on average at least 30 hours of 
        service per week.
    ``(d) Reporting Required.--As a condition on receipt of a grant 
under this section, a public library receiving such grant shall certify 
that it will report the use of naloxone or a naloxone rescue kit on its 
property to the Secretary on a quarterly basis for a period of one year 
after the date of receipt of such grant.
    ``(e) Sunset.--The Secretary shall not award grants under this 
section after the end of fiscal year 2022.''.
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