[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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