[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4240 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4240

   To require that opioid overdose rescue kits be located at public 
       elementary and secondary schools, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 21, 2023

Mr. Carter of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the 
   Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 require that opioid overdose rescue kits be located at public 
       elementary and secondary 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 ``Saving Lives in Schools Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. OPIOID OVERDOSE RESCUE KIT REQUIRED.

    (a) The Secretary of Education shall consult and collaborate with 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that, not later 
than January 1, 2024, each public elementary and secondary school has 
an opioid overdose rescue kit that is clearly visible and labeled with 
the words ``Overdose Rescue Kit--Naloxone Nasal Spray'' or other 
language approved by the local school agency.
    (b) The location of each opioid overdose rescue kit required under 
subsection (a) shall be registered with the school nurse and school 
resource officer.
    (c) An opioid overdose rescue kit required under subsection (a) 
shall--
            (1) be--
                    (A) located where it is readily available for 
                public use; and
                    (B) placed within all storage locations that 
                currently contain an automated external defibrillator 
                for public use;
            (2) be visually free of advertisement; and
            (3) include without limitation--
                    (A) Narcan;
                    (B) naloxone; or
                    (C) another medication approved by the Food and 
                Drug Administration that, when administered, negates or 
                neutralizes, in whole or in part, the pharmacological 
                effects of an opioid in the human body.
    (d) In the event that an automated external defibrillator is not 
available in a location required under subsection (c), an opioid 
overdose rescue kit shall be on an affixed wall mount that is clearly 
visible and located by the nearest fire extinguisher.
    (e) A school resource officer or school nurse, as appropriate, 
shall report to the local school agency immediately following the use 
of an opioid overdose rescue kit required under this section.
    (f) Each institution shall--
            (1) perform inspections during the first month of each 
        academic semester to determine if an opioid overdose rescue kit 
        required under subsection (a) is in the required location;
            (2) replace used or expired opioid overdose rescue kits 
        located on the campus of the institution as necessary;
            (3) a list of locations of each opioid overdose rescue kit 
        required under subsection (a) shall be available through each 
        institution's campus health center and the local school agency; 
        and
            (4) each institution shall provide training regarding the 
        use and location of each opioid overdose rescue kit required 
        under subsection (a) during a student orientation program 
        sponsored by the institution.
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