I 
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 consider-
ation 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. 
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 ‘‘Saving Lives on Cam-
puses Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. OPIOID OVERDOSE RESCUE KIT REQUIRED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Edu-
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cation, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, shall require each public institution of 
higher education that receives funds under the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) to make 
available opioid overdose rescue kits in accordance with 
subsection (b). 
(b) LOCATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An opioid overdose kit re-
quired under subsection (a) shall be— 
(A) available in each classroom facility, li-
brary, laboratory facility, dormitory (including 
dining facilities), or other facility customarily 
used by an institution for instructional or re-
search purposes or for housing students, fac-
ulty, and staff; 
(B) in the case of a facility described in 
subparagraph (A) that has an automated exter-
nal defibrillator for public use, placed, where 
feasible, 
near 
such 
automated 
external 
defibrillator; and 
(C) on the person of each individual em-
ployed by the institution as emergency medical 
services personnel, as applicable. 
(2) REGISTRATION.—The location of each 
opioid overdose rescue kit required under subsection 
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(a) shall be registered with the health center of the 
institution or campus emergency medical services, as 
applicable. 
(c) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—Each institution 
shall— 
(1) replace used or expired opioid overdose res-
cue kits located on the campus of the institution, as 
necessary; 
(2) make available, through the health center of 
the institution or campus emergency medical serv-
ices, as applicable, a list of locations of each opioid 
overdose rescue kit; and 
(3) provide training regarding the use and loca-
tion of each opioid overdose rescue kit during each 
student orientation program carried out by the insti-
tution. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). 
(2) OPIOID OVERDOSE RESCUE KIT.—The term 
‘‘opioid overdose rescue kit’’ means a kit that— 
(A) is labeled with the words ‘‘Overdose 
Rescue Kit—Naloxone Nasal Spray’’ or other 
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language approved by the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services; and 
(B) includes— 
(i) Narcan; 
(ii) naloxone; or 
(iii) another medication approved by 
the Food and Drug Administration that, 
when administered, negates or neutralizes, 
in whole or in part, the pharmacological ef-
fects of an opioid in the human body. 
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