United States HR 9251: School Access to Naloxone Act of 2026

Bill Text

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119THCONGRESS 
2
DSESSION 
H. R. 9251 
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  
JUNE10, 2026 
Ms. M
ORRISON(for herself and Mr. JOYCEof Ohio) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 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-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This  Act  may  be  cited  as  the  ‘‘School  Access  to  4
Naloxone Act of 2026’’. 5
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SEC.    2.    GRANTS    FOR    REDUCING    OPIOID    OVERDOSE    1
DEATHS. 2
(a)  U
SE  OFFUNDS.—Section  544(c)  of  the  Public  3
Health  Service  Act  (42  U.S.C.  290dd–3(c))  is  amended—  4
(1)  in  paragraph  (1),  by  inserting  ‘‘or  admin-5
istering’’ after ‘‘prescribing’’; and 6
(2)  in  paragraph  (2),  by  inserting  ‘‘or  on  the  7
administration of’’ after ‘‘prescribing of’’. 8
(b)  A
UTHORIZATION  OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—Section 9
544(g)   of   the   Public   Health   Service   Act   (42   U.S.C.   10
290dd–3(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘to carry out this sec-11
tion’’  and  inserting  ‘‘to  carry  out  this  section  and  section  12
544A’’. 13
SEC.    3.    GRANTS    FOR    REDUCING    OPIOID    OVERDOSE    14
DEATHS  IN  ELEMENTARY  AND  SECONDARY  15
SCHOOLS. 16
Title  V  of  the  Public  Health  Service  Act  is  amended  17
by  inserting  after  section  544  of  such  Act  (42  U.S.C.  18
290dd–3) the following: 19
‘‘SEC.  544A.  REDUCING  OPIOID  OVERDOSE  DEATHS  IN  ELE-20
MENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. 21
‘‘(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Secretary may award grants 22
to  eligible  entities  to  provide  for  the  administration,  at  23
public and private elementary and secondary schools under 24
the  jurisdiction  of  the  eligible  entity,  of  drugs  and  devices  25
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for  emergency  treatment  of  known  or  suspected  opioid  1
overdose. 2
‘‘(b) A
PPLICATIONS.—To seek a grant under this sec-3
tion,  an  eligible  entity  shall  submit  to  the  Secretary  an  4
application   at   such   time,   in   such   manner,   and   con-5
taining— 6
‘‘(1)   the   information   required   under   section   7
544(b); 8
‘‘(2)  the  certifications  specified  in  subsection  9
(c); and 10
‘‘(3)  such  other  information  as  the  Secretary  11
shall require. 12
‘‘(c)  C
ERTIFICATIONS.—The  certifications  specified  13
in  this  subsection,  with  respect  to  each  elementary  school  14
and  secondary  school  in  the  eligible  entity’s  jurisdiction,  15
are the following: 16
‘‘(1)  The  school  has  in  place  a  program  under  17
which  the  school  will  permit  trained  personnel  of  the  18
school  to  administer  drugs  or  devices  for  purposes  of  19
providing   emergency   treatment   of   known   or   sus-20
pected opioid overdose. 21
‘‘(2)  The  school  will  maintain  a  supply  of  such  22
drugs  and  devices  in  a  location  that  is  easily  acces-23
sible  to  trained  personnel  of  the  school  for  the  pur-24
pose of administering such drugs and devices. 25
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‘‘(3)  The  school  has  in  place  a  plan  for  having  1
on  the  premises  of  the  school  during  all  operating  2
hours  one  or  more  individuals  who  are  such  trained  3
personnel. 4
‘‘(4)  The  State  attorney  general  of  the  State  in  5
which  the  school  is  located  certifies  that  the  State—  6
‘‘(A)  has  reviewed  any  applicable  civil  li-7
ability  protection  law  to  determine  the  applica-8
tion  of  such  law  with  regard  to  elementary  and  9
secondary  school  trained  personnel  who  may  ad-10
minister  drugs  and  devices  for  emergency  treat-11
ment in the case of a known or suspected opioid 12
overdose; and 13
‘‘(B)  has  concluded  that  such  law  provides  14
adequate  civil  liability  protection  applicable  to  15
such trained personnel. 16
‘‘(d) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 17
‘‘(1)   The   term   ‘civil   liability   protection   law’   18
means  a  State  law  offering  lega