[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5652 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5652

 To amend the 21st Century Cures Act to require funds to be set aside 
 for opioid reversal agent administration training in schools, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2023

Mr. Newhouse (for himself, Ms. Schrier, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. 
  Zinke, and Mr. Moolenaar) 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 to require funds to be set aside 
 for opioid reversal agent administration training in schools, 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 ``Stop Overdose in Schools Act''.

SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM FOR OPIOID REVERSAL AGENT ADMINISTRATION 
              TRAINING.

    (a) Grants.--Section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 
290ee-3a) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as subsections 
        (i) and (j), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following:
    ``(h) Pilot Program for Opioid Reversal Agent 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 the administration of 
                opioid reversal agents;
                    ``(B) to purchase opioid reversal agent kits; and
                    ``(C) to provide awareness of opioid use disorder 
                and strategies for preventing overdose deaths.
            ``(2) Priority.--In selecting recipients of a grant under 
        this subsection, the Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) ensure that 50 percent of such recipients are 
                school districts located in a rural area (as defined by 
                the Secretary); and
                    ``(B) in selecting the remaining 50 percent of 
                recipients, give priority to school districts located 
                in areas with high rates of drug-related overdoses by 
                youth (as defined by the Secretary).
            ``(3) Conditions.--As a condition on the receipt of a grant 
        under this subsection, a 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 opioid reversal agent administration.
            ``(4) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `opioid 
        reversal agent' means an opioid antagonist or other drug that 
        has been approved or otherwise authorized by the Food and Drug 
        Administration to reverse the effects of an opioid.''.
    (b) Set Aside Funding.--Paragraph (3) of section 1003(j) of the 
21st Century Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee-3 note), as redesignated by 
subsection (a)(1), is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) of the amount remaining after application of 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B), set aside not less than 
                $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025 to 
                carry out subsection (h).''.
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