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HERO Act
To establish a grant program to provide schools with opioid overdose reversal drugs, to direct schools receiving Federal funds to report to certain Federal information systems any distribution of an opioid overdose reversal drug, and for other purposes.
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- Passed Senate
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- Became law
Summary
Helping Educators Respond to Overdoses Act or the HERO Act
This bill establishes a grant program to provide schools with opioid overdose reversal drugs and requires reporting related to the distribution of such drugs.
First, the bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to award competitive grants to eligible entities for (1) purchasing approved opioid overdose reversal drugs; and (2) developing and implementing educational programming or resources to promote student and community knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, drug-use prevention and intervention, and emergency responses to drug overdoses. Eligible entities include private elementary and secondary schools, local educational agencies (LEAs), charter schools that are LEAs, and consortia of LEAs.
Second, the bill requires a covered educational institution (i.e., a private school, LEA, or charter school that is an LEA) that receives federal funds to submit a description of any distribution of an opioid overdose reversal drug by such institution to the National Emergency Medical Services Information System and the Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program of the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Jul 21, 2026 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 48 - 0.
- Jul 21, 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jul 20, 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jun 25, 2026 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
- Jun 25, 2026 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Mar 19, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 19, 2026 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Mar 19, 2026 Introduced in House
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