HEROES Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1823
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7]
Introduced: 2019-03-18
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Drug therapy

Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

First responders and emergency personnel

Health programs administration and funding

Law enforcement officers
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-03-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Help Ensure Responders Overdosing Emerge Safely Act of 2019 or the HEROES Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill allows naloxone and similar substances to be made available for personal use to (1) first responders under the firefighters grants program, and (2) law enforcement officers under the public safety and community policing (COPS on the Beat) grants program.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1823 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 18, 2019 Mr. Gibbs (for himself, Mr. Meadows , Mr. Gosar , Mr. David P. Roe of Tennessee , Mr. Luetkemeyer , Mr. Diaz-Balart , Mr. Hice of Georgia , Mr. Guest , Mr. Budd , Mr. Wright , and Mr. Grothman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology , 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 provide opioid receptor antagonists, including naloxone, to first responders for personal use, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Help Ensure Responders Overdosing Emerge Safely Act of 2019 or the HEROES Act of 2019 . 2. Assistance to firefighters grants program and the fire prevention and safety grants program (a) Fire prevention and safety grants program Section 33(c)(3) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 ( 15 U.S.C. 2229(c)(3) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (O) To provide opioid receptor antagonists, including naloxone, to firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical service workers, and other first responders for personal use. . (b) COPS grant Section 1701(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10381(b)(13) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (22), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (23), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (24) to provide opioid receptor antagonists, including naloxone, to law enforcement officers for personal use. .