[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8968 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8968
To allow States and local educational agencies to use unspent COVID-19
elementary and secondary school emergency relief funds to purchase
life-saving opioid antagonists and to provide related training and
education to students and teachers.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 22, 2022
Mr. Lamborn (for himself, Mr. Banks, Mr. Grothman, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr.
Jackson, Mr. Babin, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Issa, Mr.
Pfluger, Mr. Norman, Mr. Neguse, and Mr. Bilirakis) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and
Labor
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A BILL
To allow States and local educational agencies to use unspent COVID-19
elementary and secondary school emergency relief funds to purchase
life-saving opioid antagonists and to provide related training and
education to students and teachers.
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 ``Protecting Kids from Fentanyl Act''.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR OPIOID ANTAGONISTS AND RELATED TRAINING
AND EDUCATION.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
State or local educational agency that has received funds under an
ESSERF program may, in lieu of the original requested or authorized use
for such funds, use a portion, or all, of the unexpended funds to carry
out one or more of the following activities:
(1) Purchase naloxone or other opioid antagonists.
(2) Provide training to school nurses, teachers, school
administrators, and school resource officers on how to
administer naloxone or other opioid antagonists.
(3) Provide fentanyl awareness classes or materials to
students.
(b) Limitations on Secretarial Authority.--The Secretary of
Education shall not--
(1) require the use of funds under subsection (a) to be in
response to, or in any way connected with, COVID-19; or
(2) prevent or discourage a State or local educational
agency from using ESSERF program funds to carry out any of the
activities authorized under subsection (a).
(c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed
to supercede any State law regulating the use of naloxone or other
opioid antagonists in schools.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) ESSERF program.--The term ``ESSERF program'' means a
program carried out under--
(A) section 18003 of the CARES Act (20 U.S.C. 3401
note; Public Law 116-136);
(B) section 313 of division M of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260; 134 Stat.
1929); or
(C) section 2001 of the American Rescue Plan Act of
2021 (Public Law 117-2; 135 Stat. 19).
(2) Fentanyl awareness class or material.--The term
``fentanyl awareness class or material'' means any program,
class, or educational material designed to teach--
(A) the dangers of using drugs which may be
contaminated with fentanyl;
(B) the prevention of drug abuse, including through
safe disposal of prescription medications and other
safety precautions; and
(C) the detection of early warning signs of
addiction in school-aged children and youth.
(3) Opioid antagonist.--The term ``opioid antagonist''
means a medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration
for the purpose of rapidly reversing an opioid overdose.
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