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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2383
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the use of Preventive
Health and Health Services Block Grants to purchase life-saving opioid
antagonists for schools and to provide related training and education
to students and teachers, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH26, 2025
Mr. N
EGUSE(for himself and Mr. MCDOWELL) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the
use of Preventive Health and Health Services Block
Grants to purchase life-saving opioid antagonists for
schools and to provide related training and education
to students and teachers, 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 ‘‘Protecting Kids from 4
Fentanyl Act of 2025’’. 5
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SEC. 2. USE OF PREVENTIVE HEALTH AND HEALTH SERV-1
ICES BLOCK GRANTS TO PURCHASE LIFE- 2
SAVING OPIOID ANTAGONISTS FOR SCHOOLS 3
AND TO PROVIDE RELATED TRAINING AND 4
EDUCATION TO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. 5
Section 1904(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act 6
(42 U.S.C. 300w–3(a)(1)) is amended— 7
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and 8
(G) as (I) and (J), respectively; 9
(2) By inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol-10
lowing: 11
‘‘(F) Purchasing naloxone or other opioid antagonists 12
for use in educational institutions. 13
‘‘(G) Providing training to school nurses, teachers, 14
school administrators, and school resource officers on how 15
to administer naloxone or other opioid antagonists. 16
‘‘(H) Providing fentanyl awareness classes or mate-17
rials to students.’’; and 18
(3) in each of subparagraphs (I) and (J), as re-19
designated by paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(A) 20
through (F)’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) through (H)’’. 21
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