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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5652 

To amend the 21st Century Cures Act to require funds to be set aside 

for opioid reversal agent administration training in schools, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 

Mr. NEWHOUSE (for himself, Ms. SCHRIER, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. KILMER, 

Mr. ZINKE, and Mr. MOOLENAAR) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the 21st Century Cures Act to require funds 

to be set aside for opioid reversal agent administration 

training in schools, 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 ‘‘Stop Overdose in 

5 Schools Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM FOR OPIOID REVERSAL AGENT 

7 ADMINISTRATION TRAINING. 

8 (a) GRANTS.—Section 1003 of the 21st Century 

9 Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee–3a) is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as 

2 subsections (i) and (j), respectively; and 

3 (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(h) PILOT PROGRAM FOR OPIOID REVERSAL AGENT

6 ADMINISTRATION TRAINING.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the program es8 tablished under this section, the Secretary shall es9 tablish a pilot program under which the Secretary 

10 will award grants to school districts— 

11 ‘‘(A) to train school resource officers, secu12 rity personnel, and school nurses in the admin13 istration of opioid reversal agents; 

14 ‘‘(B) to purchase opioid reversal agent 

15 kits; and 

16 ‘‘(C) to provide awareness of opioid use 

17 disorder and strategies for preventing overdose 

18 deaths. 

19 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In selecting recipients of a 

20 grant under this subsection, the Secretary shall— 

21 ‘‘(A) ensure that 50 percent of such recipi22 ents are school districts located in a rural area 

23 (as defined by the Secretary); and 

24 ‘‘(B) in selecting the remaining 50 percent 

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1 cated in areas with high rates of drug-related 

2 overdoses by youth (as defined by the Sec3 retary). 

4 ‘‘(3) CONDITIONS.—As a condition on the re5 ceipt of a grant under this subsection, a school dis6 trict shall agree that if the school district has a 

7 school resource officer or any security personnel, the 

8 officer (or personnel) must be trained in opioid re9 versal agent administration. 

10 ‘‘(4) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

11 ‘opioid reversal agent’ means an opioid antagonist or 

12 other drug that has been approved or otherwise au13 thorized by the Food and Drug Administration to 

14 reverse the effects of an opioid.’’. 

15 (b) SET ASIDE FUNDING.—Paragraph (3) of section 

16 1003(j) of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee– 

17 3 note), as redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is amend18 ed— 

19 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

20 the end; 

21 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 

22 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

23 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(C) of the amount remaining after appli25 cation of subparagraphs (A) and (B), set aside 


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1 not less than $5,000,000 for each of fiscal 

2 years 2024 and 2025 to carry out subsection 

3 (h).’’. 

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