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.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Education, Foreign Policy.
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 HEB606E29A9E943E6907C9585E6287325: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the School Access to Naloxone Act of 2023.
- Section H3681797ADDAE429F83E5F426E355D852: 2. Grants for reducing opioid overdose deaths Section 544(c) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd–3(c)) is amended— in paragraph (1), by inserting...
- Section HA4EC336DF348464184A0AE5A8784043D: 3. Grants for reducing opioid overdose deaths in elementary and secondary schools Title V of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after...
- Section H0078959A946B407983B63A4F464BACD7: 544A. Reducing opioid overdose deaths in elementary and secondary schools The Secretary may award grants to eligible entities to provide for the...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Education, Foreign Policy
Primary Purpose
This 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Jeff Merkley
D-OR | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Merkley (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida) introduced …
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?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
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