HR 7994 · 119th Congress

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.

The HERO Act (Helping Educators Respond to Overdoses Act) is designed to help schools save lives during opioid overdose emergencies. The bill creates a grant program that gives schools money to buy opioid overdose reversal drugs—medications like naloxone (Narcan) that can quickly reverse an overdose and prevent deat…

Sponsor

Ruiz, Raul (D-California)

Introduced

2026-03-19

Policy area

Education