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S. 2336 119th Congress Senate

Halting the Epidemic of Addiction and Loss Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to ensure references to opioid overdose reversal agents in certain grant programs of the Department of Health and Human Services are not limited to naloxone.

Introduced: July 17, 2025 Introduced by: John Cornyn Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Jul 17, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 17, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Halting the Epidemic of Addiction and Loss Act of 2025

This bill requires that, when the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issues new regulations or guidance on grant programs addressing opioid use disorders, references to an opioid overdose reversal drug (e.g., naloxone) must broadly include any opioid overdose reversal drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Within one year after the bill’s enactment, HHS must update all references accordingly in regulations or guidance issued prior to the bill’s enactment that are applicable to State Opioid Response Grants, Tribal Opioid Response Grants, or certain other grants relating to substance use disorder prevention.

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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Jul 17, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2336: Halting the Epidemic of Addiction and Loss Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2336/
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"S. 2336: Halting the Epidemic of Addiction and Loss Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2336/.
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