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H.R. 8968 117th Congress House

Protecting Kids from Fentanyl Act

Official title: To allow States and local educational agencies to use unspent COVID-19 elementary and secondary school emergency relief funds to purchase life-saving opioid an… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To allow States and local educational agencies to use unspent COVID-19 elementary and secondary school emergency relief funds to purchase life-saving opioid antagonists and to provide related training and education to students and teachers.

Introduced: September 22, 2022 See on congress.gov
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Sep 22, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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Protecting Kids from Fentanyl Act

This bill allows states and local educational agencies to use unexpended COVID-19 elementary and secondary school emergency relief funds for additional purposes. In particular, these funds may be used for (1) purchasing naloxone or other opioid antagonists; (2) providing training to school nurses, teachers, school administrators, and school resource officers on how to administer naloxone or other opioid antagonists; and (3) providing fentanyl awareness classes or materials to students.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 21
All 21 Democratic 4 Republican 13
D
Craig, Angie
Minnesota · Dec 13, 2022
Kuster, Ann
· Oct 25, 2022
Luetkemeyer, Blaine
· Oct 14, 2022
 D
Davids, Sharice
Kansas · Sep 30, 2022
 R
Gimenez, Carlos A.
Florida · Sep 29, 2022
 R
Johnson, Dusty
South Dakota · Sep 29, 2022
 R
Allen, Rick W.
Georgia · Sep 28, 2022
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Sep 28, 2022
Flores, Mayra
· Sep 28, 2022
 R
Babin, Brian
Texas · Sep 22, 2022
 R
Banks, Jim
Indiana · Sep 22, 2022
 R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Sep 22, 2022
 R
Donalds, Byron
Florida · Sep 22, 2022
 R
Grothman, Glenn
Wisconsin · Sep 22, 2022
Hartzler, Vicky
· Sep 22, 2022
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · Sep 22, 2022
 R
Jackson, Ronny
Texas · Sep 22, 2022
 R
Moore, Barry
Alabama · Sep 22, 2022
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Sep 22, 2022
 R
Norman, Ralph
South Carolina · Sep 22, 2022
 R
Pfluger, August
Texas · Sep 22, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8968: Protecting Kids from Fentanyl Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8968/
MLA
"H.R. 8968: Protecting Kids from Fentanyl Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8968/.
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H.R. 8968, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8968/.
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[H.R. 8968: Protecting Kids from Fentanyl Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8968/)
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