HERO Act

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Introduced 2026-03-19Topic: public health · education

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

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.

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Action history

Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-07-21	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 48 - 0.	refer
2026-07-21	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held	refer
2026-07-20	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held	refer
2026-06-25	House	Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.	refer
2026-06-25	House	Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held	refer
2026-03-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	refer
2026-03-19	House	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.	refer
2026-03-19	House	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.	refer
2026-03-19		Introduced in House	introduce
2026-03-19		Introduced in House	introduce

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