[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7189 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7189
To amend the 21st Century Cures Act with respect to the State Opioid
Response Grants program, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 21, 2022
Mr. Newhouse (for himself, Mr. Jacobs of New York, Ms. Stefanik, Mr.
O'Halleran, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. McKinley,
Mr. Rutherford, and Mr. Hudson) 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 Cures Act with respect to the State Opioid
Response Grants program, 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 Resource Officers Save Lives
Act''.
SEC. 2. STATE OPIOID RESPONSE GRANTS PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION; PILOT
PROGRAM FOR NARCAN ADMINISTRATION TRAINING.
(a) Reauthorization.--Section 1003(h) of the 21st Century Cures Act
(42 U.S.C. 290ee-3 note) is amended by striking ``2021'' and inserting
``2023''.
(b) Pilot Program for Narcan Administration Training.--Section 1003
of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee-3 note) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (i) the following:
``(j) Pilot Program for Narcan Administration Training.--
``(1) In general.--As part of the program established under
this section, the Secretary shall establish a pilot program
under which the Secretary will award grants to school
districts--
``(A) to train school resource officers, security
personnel, and school nurses in Narcan administration;
and
``(B) to purchase Narcan kits.
``(2) Priority.--In selecting recipients of a grant under
this subsection, the Secretary shall ensure that not less than
50 percent of such recipients are school districts located in a
rural area (as defined by the Secretary).
``(3) Conditions.--As a condition on the receipt of a grant
under this subsection, the school district shall agree that if
the school district has a school resource officer or any
security personnel, the officer (or personnel) must be trained
in Narcan administration.
``(4) Use of funds.--A school district selected to receive
a grant under this subsection may use funds received through
the grant--
``(A) to provide training in the administration of
Narcan to school resource officers, security personnel,
and school nurses; and
``(B) to purchase Narcan kits.
``(5) Funding.--For each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the
Secretary shall reserve not less than $5,000,000 of the funds
made available under subsection (h) to carry out the program
under this subsection.''.
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