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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4259 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services to award grants for naloxone rescue kits in public 

libraries, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 6, 2017 

Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services to award 

grants for naloxone rescue kits in public libraries, 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 ‘‘Lifesaving Librarians 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR NALOXONE RESCUE KITS. 

2 The Public Health Service Act is amended by insert3 ing after section 514 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–7) 

4 the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 514A. GRANT PROGRAM FOR NALOXONE RESCUE 

6 KITS. 

7 ‘‘(a) GRANT PROGRAM ESTABLISHMENT.—The Sec8 retary of Health and Human Services shall establish a 

9 program to award grants to public libraries for one or both 

10 of the following purposes: 

11 ‘‘(1) To purchase naloxone rescue kits for use 

12 in such public libraries. 

13 ‘‘(2) To provide training to enable employees of 

14 such public libraries to use naloxone rescue kits. 

15 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To seek a grant under this 

17 section, a public library shall submit an application 

18 to the Secretary at such time, in such form, and 

19 containing such information as the Secretary may 

20 require. 

21 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE PUBLIC LIBRARY.—To be eligi22 ble for a grant under this section, a public library— 

23 ‘‘(A) shall certify that it owns, or will pur24 chase within 90 days of receipt of such grant, 

25 a naloxone rescue kit; 


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1 ‘‘(B) must be maintained for, and open to, 

2 the general public; and 

3 ‘‘(C) must be in a county designated as a 

4 high-intensity drug trafficking area pursuant to 

5 section 707 of the Office of National Drug Con6 trol Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 

7 U.S.C. 1706). 

8 ‘‘(3) LIMIT ON GRANTS.—A library that re9 ceives a grant under this section shall not be eligible 

10 to receive another grant under this section until one 

11 year has elapsed from the date of receipt of such 

12 grant. 

13 ‘‘(c) TRAINED EMPLOYEE REQUIRED.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 

15 grant under this section, a public library shall certify 

16 that— 

17 ‘‘(A) on the date of receipt of such grant, 

18 it will employ a full-time employee who has 

19 been trained in the use of naloxone rescue kits; 

20 or 

21 ‘‘(B) if on the date of receipt of such grant 

22 it will not employ a full-time employee who has 

23 been trained in the use of naloxone rescue kits, 

24 it will hire such an employee within 90 days of 

25 the date of receipt of such grant. 


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1 ‘‘(2) CONTINUITY IN EMPLOYMENT.—To be eli2 gible to receive a grant under this section, a public 

3 library shall certify that for a continuous period of 

4 one year following the date of receipt of such 

5 grant— 

6 ‘‘(A) in the case of a library that makes a 

7 certification pursuant to paragraph (1)(A), it 

8 shall not lack a full-time employee who has 

9 been trained in the use of naloxone rescue kits 

10 for a continuous period of longer than 30 days; 

11 or 

12 ‘‘(B) in the case of a library that makes a 

13 certification pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), fol14 lowing the date upon which it first hires a full15 time employee who has been trained in the use 

16 of naloxone rescue kits, it shall not lack such an 

17 employee for a continuous period of longer than 

18 30 days. 

19 ‘‘(3) FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE.—In this sub20 section, the term ‘full-time employee’ means, with 

21 respect to any month, an employee who is employed 

22 on average at least 30 hours of service per week. 

23 ‘‘(d) REPORTING REQUIRED.—As a condition on re24 ceipt of a grant under this section, a public library receiv25 ing such grant shall certify that it will report the use of 


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1 naloxone or a naloxone rescue kit on its property to the 

2 Secretary on a quarterly basis for a period of one year 

3 after the date of receipt of such grant. 

4 ‘‘(e) SUNSET.—The Secretary shall not award grants 

5 under this section after the end of fiscal year 2022.’’. 

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