School Access to Naloxone Act of 2023
This bill authorizes grants for expanding access to drugs or devices to treat opioid overdoses (e.g., naloxone) in elementary and secondary schools.
The Department of Health and Human Services may award the grants to states, Indian tribes, and localities. To receive a grant, recipients must certify that schools in their jurisdictions will stock the drugs and devices and have trained staff on premises during operating hours to administer them.
Additionally, the attorney general of the recipient's state must certify that trained staff are covered by state civil liability protections for individuals who administer aid in an emergency (commonly known as Good Samaritan laws).
[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3065 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3065
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide funding for trained
school personnel to administer drugs and devices for emergency
treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 2, 2023
Mr. Phillips (for himself, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Bacon, Ms. Craig, Mr.
Crenshaw, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Guest, Ms. Pettersen, Ms. Sherrill, Ms.
Spanberger, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Trone, and Ms. Wild) 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 provide funding for trained
school personnel to administer drugs and devices for emergency
treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose, 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 ``School Access to Naloxone Act of
2023''.
SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR REDUCING OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATHS.
(a) Use of Funds.--Section 544(c) of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 290dd-3(c)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or administering''
after ``prescribing''; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or on the
administration of'' after ``prescribing of''.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 544(g) of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd-3(g)) is amended by striking ``to
carry out this section'' and inserting ``to carry out this section and
section 544A''.
SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR REDUCING OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATHS IN ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
Title V of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting
after section 544 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd-3) the following:
``SEC. 544A. REDUCING OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATHS IN ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
``(a) In General.--The Secretary may award grants to eligible
entities to provide for the administration, at public and private
elementary and secondary schools under the jurisdiction of the eligible
entity, of drugs and devices for emergency treatment of known or
suspected opioid overdose.
``(b) Applications.--To seek a grant under this section, an
eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such
time, in such manner, and containing--
``(1) the information required under section 544(b);
``(2) the certifications specified in subsection (c); and
``(3) such other information as the Secretary shall
require.
``(c) Certifications.--The certifications specified in this
subsection, with respect to each elementary school and secondary school
in the eligible entity's jurisdiction, are the following:
``(1) The school has in place a program under which the
school will permit trained personnel of the school to
administer drugs or devices for purposes of providing emergency
treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose.
``(2) The school will maintain a supply of such drugs and
devices in a location that is easily accessible to trained
personnel of the school for the purpose of administering such
drugs and devices.
``(3) The school has in place a plan for having on the
premises of the school during all operating hours one or more
individuals who are such trained personnel.
``(4) The State attorney general of the State in which the
school is located certifies that the State--
``(A) has reviewed any applicable civil liability
protection law to determine the application of such law
with regard to elementary and secondary school trained
personnel who may administer drugs and devices for
emergency treatment in the case of a known or suspected
opioid overdose; and
``(B) has concluded that such law provides adequate
civil liability protection applicable to such trained
personnel.
``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) The term `civil liability protection law' means a
State law offering legal protection to individuals who give aid
in an emergency to an individual who is ill, in peril, or
otherwise incapacitated.
``(2) The term `eligible entity' has the meaning given to
such term in section 544.
``(3) The term `trained personnel' means, with respect to
an elementary or secondary school, an individual--
``(A) who is a school nurse or other individual
designated by the principal or other appropriate
administrative staff of the school to administer drugs
or devices for emergency treatment in the case of a
known or suspected opioid overdose;
``(B) who has received training in the
administration of such drugs or devices; and
``(C) whose training in the administration of such
drugs or devices meets appropriate medical standards
and has been documented by appropriate administrative
staff of the school.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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