I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3065 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide funding for trained 
school personnel to administer drugs and devices for emergency treatment 
of known or suspected opioid overdose, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 2, 2023 
Mr. PHILLIPS (for himself, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. BACON, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. 
CRENSHAW, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. GUEST, Ms. PETTERSEN, Ms. 
SHERRILL, Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. TONKO, Mr. TRONE, and Ms. WILD) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide funding 
for trained school personnel to administer drugs and 
devices for emergency treatment of known or suspected 
opioid overdose, 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 ‘‘School Access to 
Naloxone Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 
2. 
GRANTS 
FOR 
REDUCING 
OPIOID 
OVERDOSE 
DEATHS. 
(a) USE OF FUNDS.—Section 544(c) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd–3(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or admin-
istering’’ after ‘‘prescribing’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or on the 
administration of’’ after ‘‘prescribing of’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
544(g) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
290dd–3(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘to carry out this sec-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘to carry out this section and section 
544A’’. 
SEC. 
3. 
GRANTS 
FOR 
REDUCING 
OPIOID 
OVERDOSE 
DEATHS IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
SCHOOLS. 
Title V of the Public Health Service Act is amended 
by inserting after section 544 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
290dd–3) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 544A. REDUCING OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATHS IN ELE-
MENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award grants 
to eligible entities to provide for the administration, at 
public and private elementary and secondary schools under 
the jurisdiction of the eligible entity, of drugs and devices 
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for emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid 
overdose. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.—To seek a grant under this sec-
tion, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an 
application at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining— 
‘‘(1) the information required under section 
544(b); 
‘‘(2) the certifications specified in subsection 
(c); and 
‘‘(3) such other information as the Secretary 
shall require. 
‘‘(c) CERTIFICATIONS.—The certifications specified 
in this subsection, with respect to each elementary school 
and secondary school in the eligible entity’s jurisdiction, 
are the following: 
‘‘(1) The school has in place a program under 
which the school will permit trained personnel of the 
school to administer drugs or devices for purposes of 
providing emergency treatment of known or sus-
pected opioid overdose. 
‘‘(2) The school will maintain a supply of such 
drugs and devices in a location that is easily acces-
sible to trained personnel of the school for the pur-
pose of administering such drugs and devices. 
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‘‘(3) The school has in place a plan for having 
on the premises of the school during all operating 
hours one or more individuals who are such trained 
personnel. 
‘‘(4) The State attorney general of the State in 
which the school is located certifies that the State— 
‘‘(A) has reviewed any applicable civil li-
ability protection law to determine the applica-
tion of such law with regard to elementary and 
secondary school trained personnel who may ad-
minister drugs and devices for emergency treat-
ment in the case of a known or suspected opioid 
overdose; and 
‘‘(B) has concluded that such law provides 
adequate civil liability protection applicable to 
such trained personnel. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘civil liability protection law’ 
means a State law offering legal protection to indi-
viduals who give aid in an emergency to an indi-
vidual who is ill, in peril, or otherwise incapacitated. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘eligible entity’ has the meaning 
given to such term in section 544. 
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‘‘(3) The term ‘trained personnel’ means, with 
respect to an elementary or secondary school, an in-
dividual— 
‘‘(A) who is a school nurse or other indi-
vidual designated by the principal or other ap-
propriate administrative staff of the school to 
administer drugs or devices for emergency 
treatment in the case of a known or suspected 
opioid overdose; 
‘‘(B) who has received training in the ad-
ministration of such drugs or devices; and 
‘‘(C) whose training in the administration 
of such drugs or devices meets appropriate 
medical standards and has been documented by 
appropriate administrative staff of the school.’’. 
Æ 
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