School Resource Officers Save Lives Act

Bill: 117-hr-7189
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2022-03-21
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2022-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-03-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>School Resource Officers Save Lives Act</strong></p> <p>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).</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7189 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 21, 2022 Mr. Newhouse (for himself, Mr. Jacobs of New York , Ms. Stefanik , Mr. O'Halleran , Mr. Moolenaar , Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois , Mr. McKinley , Mr. Rutherford , and Mr. Hudson ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the 21st Century Cures Act with respect to the State Opioid Response Grants program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the School Resource Officers Save Lives Act . 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. .