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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 10085 

To require that opioid overdose rescue kits be located at public institutions 

of higher education, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 1, 2024 

Ms. DE LA CRUZ (for herself and Mr. CORREA) 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 

A BILL 

To require that opioid overdose rescue kits be located at 

public institutions of higher education, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Saving Lives on Cam5 puses Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. OPIOID OVERDOSE RESCUE KIT REQUIRED. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

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1 cation, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and 

2 Human Services, shall require each public institution of 

3 higher education that receives funds under the Higher 

4 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) to make 

5 available opioid overdose rescue kits in accordance with 

6 subsection (b). 

7 (b) LOCATION.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—An opioid overdose kit re9 quired under subsection (a) shall be— 

10 (A) available in each classroom facility, li11 brary, laboratory facility, dormitory (including 

12 dining facilities), or other facility customarily 

13 used by an institution for instructional or re14 search purposes or for housing students, fac15 ulty, and staff; 

16 (B) in the case of a facility described in 

17 subparagraph (A) that has an automated exter18 nal defibrillator for public use, placed, where 

19 feasible, near such automated external 

20 defibrillator; and 

21 (C) on the person of each individual em22 ployed by the institution as emergency medical 

23 services personnel, as applicable. 

24 (2) REGISTRATION.—The location of each 

25 opioid overdose rescue kit required under subsection 


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1 (a) shall be registered with the health center of the 

2 institution or campus emergency medical services, as 

3 applicable. 

4 (c) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—Each institution 

5 shall— 

6 (1) replace used or expired opioid overdose res7 cue kits located on the campus of the institution, as 

8 necessary; 

9 (2) make available, through the health center of 

10 the institution or campus emergency medical serv11 ices, as applicable, a list of locations of each opioid 

12 overdose rescue kit; and 

13 (3) provide training regarding the use and loca14 tion of each opioid overdose rescue kit during each 

15 student orientation program carried out by the insti16 tution. 

17 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 (1) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

19 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

20 meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher 

21 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). 

22 (2) OPIOID OVERDOSE RESCUE KIT.—The term 

23 ‘‘opioid overdose rescue kit’’ means a kit that— 

24 (A) is labeled with the words ‘‘Overdose 

25 Rescue Kit—Naloxone Nasal Spray’’ or other 


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1 language approved by the Secretary of Health 

2 and Human Services; and 

3 (B) includes— 

4 (i) Narcan; 

5 (ii) naloxone; or 

6 (iii) another medication approved by 

7 the Food and Drug Administration that, 

8 when administered, negates or neutralizes, 

9 in whole or in part, the pharmacological ef10 fects of an opioid in the human body. 

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