[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 11, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1668-S1669]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1246. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 331, to amend the Controlled Substances Act with 
respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. SCHOOL ACCESS TO NALOXONE.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``School 
     Access to Naloxone Act of 2025''.
       (b) Grants for Reducing Opioid Overdose Deaths.--
       (1) Use of funds.--Section 544(c) of the Public Health 
     Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd-3(c)) is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or administering'' 
     after ``prescribing''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or on the 
     administration of'' after ``prescribing of''.
       (2) Authorization of appropriations.--Section 544(g) of the 
     Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd-3(g)) is amended 
     by striking ``to carry out this section'' and inserting ``to 
     carry out this section and section 544A''.
       (c) Grants for Reducing Opioid Overdose Deaths in 
     Elementary and Secondary

[[Page S1669]]

     Schools.--Title V of the Public Health Service Act is amended 
     by inserting after section 544 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd-
     3) the following:

     ``SEC. 544A. REDUCING OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATHS IN ELEMENTARY 
                   AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary may award grants to 
     eligible entities to provide for the administration, at 
     public and private elementary and secondary schools under the 
     jurisdiction of the eligible entity, of drugs or devices 
     approved, cleared, licensed, or authorized by the Food and 
     Drug Administration, for emergency treatment of known or 
     suspected opioid overdose.
       ``(b) Applications.--To seek a grant under this section, an 
     eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application 
     at such time, in such manner, and containing--
       ``(1) the information required under section 544(b);
       ``(2) the certifications specified in subsection (c); and
       ``(3) such other information as the Secretary shall 
     require.
       ``(c) Certifications.--The certifications specified in this 
     subsection, with respect to each elementary school and 
     secondary school in the eligible entity's jurisdiction, are 
     the following:
       ``(1) The school has in place a program under which the 
     school will permit trained personnel of the school to 
     administer drugs or devices for purposes of providing 
     emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose.
       ``(2) The school will maintain a supply of such drugs or 
     devices in a location that is easily accessible to trained 
     personnel of the school for the purpose of administering such 
     drugs or devices.
       ``(3) The school has in place a plan for having on the 
     premises of the school during all operating hours one or more 
     individuals who are such trained personnel.
       ``(4) The State attorney general of the State in which the 
     school is located certifies that the State--
       ``(A) has reviewed any applicable civil liability 
     protection law to determine the application of such law with 
     regard to elementary and secondary school trained personnel 
     who may administer drugs or devices for emergency treatment 
     in the case of a known or suspected opioid overdose; and
       ``(B) has concluded that such law provides adequate civil 
     liability protection applicable to such trained personnel.
       ``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) The term `civil liability protection law' means a 
     State law offering legal protection to individuals who give 
     aid in an emergency to an individual who is ill, in peril, or 
     otherwise incapacitated.
       ``(2) The term `eligible entity' has the meaning given to 
     such term in section 544.
       ``(3) The term `trained personnel' means, with respect to 
     an elementary or secondary school, an individual--
       ``(A) who is a school nurse or other individual designated 
     by the principal or other appropriate administrative staff of 
     the school to administer drugs or devices for emergency 
     treatment in the case of a known or suspected opioid 
     overdose;
       ``(B) who has received training in the administration of 
     such drugs or devices; and
       ``(C) whose training in the administration of such drugs or 
     devices meets appropriate medical standards and has been 
     documented by appropriate administrative staff of the 
     school.''.
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