HR7994-119

In Committee

HERO Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 19, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, HERO Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Education, Criminal Justice.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H72E28DF95D7542ACA8784198B373AB53: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Helping Educators Respond to Overdoses Act or the HERO Act.
  • Section HF4A546D034B64CB980F44DD5FEA52D29: 2. School grants for opioid overdose reversal drugs Beginning not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human...
  • Section H26D794C971F04178A5E9FFB1E4B2410E: 3. Reporting to Federal information systems of school distribution of opioid overdose reversal drugs Beginning not later than 90 days after the date of...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, HERO Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Education, Criminal Justice

Primary Purpose

This bill, HERO Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Education Criminal Justice

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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federal implementing agencies: ,
health care providers and patients: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 19, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in …

Mar 19, 2026

Introduced in House

Mar 19, 2026

Mr. Ruiz introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Education Criminal Justice
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_education"
→ Secretary of Education
"secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
→ Secretary of Health and Human Services

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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