Campus Prevention and Recovery Services for Students Act of 2026

This bill changes the Higher Education Act's rules on alcohol and drug prevention at colleges. Colleges would need to use an evidence-based or evidence-informed program to prevent alcohol and substance misuse, and describe their counseling, treatment, and recovery programs, starting two years after the law passes. The Department of Education would work with the Department of Health and Human Services to develop best practices and issue guidance. The bill expands the uses of federal grants to include recovery support, overdose prevention, and crisis training, and authorizes $15 million per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2032. It also says a college is considered in compliance unless it is shown to have knowingly and willfully failed to run a prevention program.

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Sponsors

• Teresa Leger Fernandez Democrat sponsor
• 2 cosponsors