HOPE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5252 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5252

To amend the 21st Century Cares Act to clarify that certain grants for 
   State and Tribal response to opioid use disorders may be used for 
 certain activities related to public access opioid overdose reversal 
                     kits, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 10, 2025

  Mr. Amo (for himself, Mr. McDowell, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Norton, and Mr. 
  Thanedar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the 21st Century Cares Act to clarify that certain grants for 
   State and Tribal response to opioid use disorders may be used for 
 certain activities related to public access opioid overdose reversal 
                     kits, 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 ``Having Overdose Protection Equipment 
Act'' or the ``HOPE Act''.

SEC. 2. USE OF CERTAIN STATE AND TRIBAL GRANT FUNDS FOR PUBLIC ACCESS 
              OPIOID OVERDOSE REVERSAL KITS.

    Section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee-3a) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(4)(A), by inserting ``and other 
        activities related to acquiring, making available, and 
        maintaining public access opioid overdose reversal kits'' after 
        ``primary prevention activities''; and
            (2) in subsection (h)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (4) as 
                paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively;
                    (B) by transferring paragraph (4), as so 
                redesignated, so as to appear after paragraph (3); and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) Public access opioid overdose reversal kit.--The term 
        `public access opioid overdose reversal kit' means a kit that 
        includes--
                    ``(A) opioid overdose reversal medication; and
                    ``(B) instructions on how to administer such 
                medication.''.
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