School Resource Officers Save Lives Act
Bill: H.R.7189 | Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan (R-WA)
Policy area: Health

Summary:
School Resource Officers Save Lives Act
This bill reauthorizes through FY2023 grants available to states and Indian tribes to address the opioid crisis. It also establishes a demonstration grant program for school districts to train school resource officers, security personnel, and school nurses to administer Narcan kits (Narcan is an opioid antagonist that temporarily reverses and blocks the effects, including overdoses, of other opioids).

To amend the 21st Century Cures Act with respect to the State Opioid 
            Response Grants program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``School Resource Officers Save Lives 
Act''.

SEC. 2. STATE OPIOID RESPONSE GRANTS PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION; PILOT 
              PROGRAM FOR NARCAN ADMINISTRATION TRAINING.

    (a) Reauthorization.--Section 1003(h) of the 21st Century Cures Act 
(42 U.S.C. 290ee-3 note) is amended by striking ``2021'' and inserting 
``2023''.
    (b) Pilot Program for Narcan Administration Training.--Section 1003 
of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee-3 note) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (i) the following:
    ``(j) Pilot Program for Narcan Administration Training.--
            ``(1) In general.--As part of the program established under 
        this section, the Secretary shall establish a pilot program 
        under which the Secretary will award grants to school 
        districts--
                    ``(A) to train school resource officers, security 
                personnel, and school nurses in Narcan administration; 
                and
                    ``(B) to purchase Narcan kits.
            ``(2) Priority.--In selecting recipients of a grant under 
        this subsection, the Secretary shall ensure that not less than 
        50 percent of such recipients are school districts located in a 
        rural area (as defined by the Secretary).
            ``(3) Conditions.--As a condition on the receipt of a grant 
        under this subsection, the school district shall agree that if 
        the school district has a school resource officer or any 
        security personnel, the officer (or personnel) must be trained 
        in Narcan administration.
            ``(4) Use of funds.--A school district selected to receive 
        a grant under this subsection may use funds received through 
        the grant--
                    ``(A) to provide training in the administration of 
                Narcan to school resource officers, security personnel, 
                and school nurses; and
                    ``(B) to purchase Narcan kits.
            ``(5) Funding.--For each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the 
        Secretary shall reserve not less than $5,000,000 of the funds 
        made available under subsection (h) to carry out the program 
        under this subsection.''.
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