School Access to Naloxone Act of 2023
United States118th CongressS-2946Senate
Updated: Sep 27, 2023
Summary
School Access to Naloxone Act of 2023 This bill authorizes grants for expanding access to drugs or devices to treat opioid overdoses (e.g., naloxone) in elementary and secondary schools. The Department of Health and Human Services may award the grants to states, Indian tribes, and localities. To receive a grant, recipients must certify that schools in their jurisdictions will stock the drugs and devices and have trained staff on premises during operating hours to administer them. Additionally, the attorney general of the recipient's state must certify that trained staff are covered by state civil liability protections for individuals who administer aid in an emergency (commonly known as Good Samaritan laws).
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HR-3065: School Access to Naloxone Act of 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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