- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Jul 21, 2026
What it does
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…
Official summary · Introduced in House · Mar 19, 2026
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