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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6251 
To establish a grant program to provide schools with opioid overdose reversal 
drugs, to direct schools receiving Federal funds to report to certain 
Federal information systems any distribution of an opioid overdose rever-
sal drug, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 6, 2023 
Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. KUSTER, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. 
TOKUDA, Mr. TRONE, and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Work-
force, 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 establish a grant program to provide schools with opioid 
overdose reversal drugs, to direct schools receiving Fed-
eral funds to report to certain Federal information sys-
tems any distribution of an opioid overdose reversal drug, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Helping Educators Re-
spond to Overdoses Act’’ or the ‘‘HERO Act’’. 
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(A) A description of how the eligible entity 
will use a grant received under this section. 
(B) An assurance that the eligible entity 
will, in consultation with the local health de-
partment, develop and implement— 
(i) in the case of an eligible entity 
that is a private school, a comprehensive 
emergency response plan for the staff of 
the school; and 
(ii) in the case of an eligible entity 
that is a local educational agency, such a 
plan for the staff of each school that is 
served by the local educational agency. 
(C) An assurance that the eligible entity 
will develop and implement educational pro-
gramming or resources (which may include pro-
gramming or resources developed by the Sec-
retary) to promote student and community 
knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation 
(commonly known as ‘‘CPR’’), drug-use preven-
tion and intervention, and emergency responses 
to drug overdoses. 
(c) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall give priority to any eligible entity 
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that is in a city or county with a high rate of drug 
overdoses involving opioids. 
(d) GRANT PERIOD.—A grant awarded under this 
section shall be for a period of 1 year. 
(e) REPORTS.— 
(1) GRANT RECIPIENTS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date on which the grant period referred to 
in subsection (d) ends, the recipient of a grant under 
this section shall submit to the Secretary a report 
that contains the following: 
(A) A description of the use the recipient 
made of the opioid overdose reversal drugs pur-
chased with the grant. 
(B) A description of the comprehensive 
emergency response plan referred to in sub-
section (b)(2)(B). 
(C) A description of the educational pro-
gramming or resources referred to in subsection 
(b)(2)(C). 
(2) SECRETARY.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Education, shall submit to Congress a 
report that summarizes all information received by 
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the Secretary in the reports referred to in paragraph 
(1). 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CHARTER
SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘charter 
school’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
4310 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7221i). 
(2) 
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL, 
SECONDARY 
SCHOOL, AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The 
terms ‘‘elementary school’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, and 
‘‘local educational agency’’ have the meanings given 
such terms, respectively, in section 8101 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7801). 
(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means— 
(A) a private elementary school or private 
secondary school; and 
(B) a local educational agency, including a 
charter school that is a local educational agen-
cy, or a consortium of local educational agen-
cies. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
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$1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2024 
through 2028. 
SEC. 3. REPORTING TO FEDERAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS 
OF SCHOOL DISTRIBUTION OF OPIOID OVER-
DOSE REVERSAL DRUGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, a covered edu-
cational institution receiving Federal funds shall submit 
a description of any distribution of an opioid overdose re-
versal drug by such institution to— 
(1) the National Emergency Medical Services 
Information 
System 
(commonly 
known 
as 
‘‘NEMSIS’’); and 
(2) the Overdose Detection Mapping Applica-
tion Program of the Washington/Baltimore High In-
tensity Drug Trafficking Area (commonly known as 
‘‘ODMAP’’). 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CHARTER
SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘charter 
school’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
4310 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7221i). 
(2) COVERED
EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTION.— 
The term ‘‘covered educational institution’’ means— 
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(A) a private elementary school or private 
secondary school; and 
(B) a local educational agency, including a 
charter school that is a local educational agen-
cy. 
(3) 
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL, 
SECONDARY 
SCHOOL, AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The 
terms ‘‘elementary school’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, and 
‘‘local educational agency’’ have the meanings given 
such terms, respectively, in section 8101 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7801). 
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