[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6251 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6251
To establish a grant program to provide schools with opioid overdose
reversal drugs, to direct schools receiving Federal funds to report to
certain Federal information systems any distribution of an opioid
overdose reversal drug, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 6, 2023
Mr. Schiff (for himself, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Kuster, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Tokuda,
Mr. Trone, and Mrs. Watson Coleman) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in
addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
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A BILL
To establish a grant program to provide schools with opioid overdose
reversal drugs, to direct schools receiving Federal funds to report to
certain Federal information systems any distribution of an opioid
overdose reversal drug, 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 ``Helping Educators Respond to
Overdoses Act'' or the ``HERO Act''.
SEC. 2. SCHOOL GRANTS FOR OPIOID OVERDOSE REVERSAL DRUGS.
(a) In General.--Beginning not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance
Use, (in this section referred to as the ``Secretary'') in consultation
with the Secretary of Education, shall award grants, on a competitive
basis, to eligible entities--
(1) to purchase opioid overdose reversal drugs that are
approved under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355); and
(2) to develop and implement the educational programming or
resources referred to in subsection (b)(2)(C).
(b) Applications.--
(1) In general.--To be eligible for a grant under this
section, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an
application in such form, at such time, and containing such
information as the Secretary determines appropriate, which
shall include the material required under paragraph (2).
(2) Application requirements.--An application submitted by
an eligible entity under paragraph (1) shall include the
following:
(A) A description of how the eligible entity will
use a grant received under this section.
(B) An assurance that the eligible entity will, in
consultation with the local health department, develop
and implement--
(i) in the case of an eligible entity that
is a private school, a comprehensive emergency
response plan for the staff of the school; and
(ii) in the case of an eligible entity that
is a local educational agency, such a plan for
the staff of each school that is served by the
local educational agency.
(C) An assurance that the eligible entity will
develop and implement educational programming or
resources (which may include programming or resources
developed by the Secretary) to promote student and
community knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation
(commonly known as ``CPR''), drug-use prevention and
intervention, and emergency responses to drug
overdoses.
(c) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary
shall give priority to any eligible entity that is in a city or county
with a high rate of drug overdoses involving opioids.
(d) Grant Period.--A grant awarded under this section shall be for
a period of 1 year.
(e) Reports.--
(1) Grant recipients.--Not later than 1 year after the date
on which the grant period referred to in subsection (d) ends,
the recipient of a grant under this section shall submit to the
Secretary a report that contains the following:
(A) A description of the use the recipient made of
the opioid overdose reversal drugs purchased with the
grant.
(B) A description of the comprehensive emergency
response plan referred to in subsection (b)(2)(B).
(C) A description of the educational programming or
resources referred to in subsection (b)(2)(C).
(2) Secretary.--Not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary,
in consultation with the Secretary of Education, shall submit
to Congress a report that summarizes all information received
by the Secretary in the reports referred to in paragraph (1).
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Charter school.--The term ``charter school'' has the
meaning given such term in section 4310 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7221i).
(2) Elementary school, secondary school, and local
educational agency.--The terms ``elementary school'',
``secondary school'', and ``local educational agency'' have the
meanings given such terms, respectively, in section 8101 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
7801).
(3) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means--
(A) a private elementary school or private
secondary school; and
(B) a local educational agency, including a charter
school that is a local educational agency, or a
consortium of local educational agencies.
(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000,000 for the period of
fiscal years 2024 through 2028.
SEC. 3. REPORTING TO FEDERAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS OF SCHOOL DISTRIBUTION
OF OPIOID OVERDOSE REVERSAL DRUGS.
(a) In General.--Beginning not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, a covered educational institution receiving
Federal funds shall submit a description of any distribution of an
opioid overdose reversal drug by such institution to--
(1) the National Emergency Medical Services Information
System (commonly known as ``NEMSIS''); and
(2) the Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program of
the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
(commonly known as ``ODMAP'').
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Charter school.--The term ``charter school'' has the
meaning given such term in section 4310 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7221i).
(2) Covered educational institution.--The term ``covered
educational institution'' means--
(A) a private elementary school or private
secondary school; and
(B) a local educational agency, including a charter
school that is a local educational agency.
(3) Elementary school, secondary school, and local
educational agency.--The terms ``elementary school'',
``secondary school'', and ``local educational agency'' have the
meanings given such terms, respectively, in section 8101 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
7801).
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