Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Naloxone Education and Access Act”.
Naloxone Education and Access Act
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to opioid overdose reversal medication access, education, and co-prescribing grant programs, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Opioid overdose reversal medication access, education, and co-prescribing grant programs
Section 545 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee) is amended—
in the section heading, by striking “access and education” and inserting “access, education, and co-prescribing”;
in subsection (a)—
in the subsection heading, by striking “to States”;
in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “States” and inserting “eligible entities”;
in paragraph (1), by striking “for pharmacists to dispense a drug or device approved or cleared” and inserting “that increase access to drugs and devices approved, cleared, or otherwise legally marketed”;
by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively;
by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
“(3) encourage health care providers to co-prescribe, as appropriate, drugs or devices approved, cleared, or otherwise legally marketed under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose;
“(4) support innovative community-based distribution programs of drugs or devices approved, cleared, or otherwise legally marketed under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose;”
in paragraphs (5) and (6), as so redesignated, by striking “approved or cleared” each place it appears and inserting “approved, cleared, or otherwise legally marketed”;
in subsection (b)—
by striking “State” and inserting “eligible entity”; and
by striking “approved or cleared” and inserting “approved, cleared, or otherwise legally marketed”;
in subsection (c)—
in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “States” and inserting “eligible entities”; and
by striking “approved or cleared” each place it appears and inserting “approved, cleared, or otherwise legally marketed”;
in subsection (d)—
in paragraph (1), by striking “A State” and inserting “An eligible entity”;
in paragraph (2), by striking “3” and inserting “5”; and
by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:
“(3) Limitation—An eligible entity may use—
“(A) not more than 10 percent of a grant under this section for educating the public pursuant to subsection (a)(6); and
“(B) not less than 20 percent of a grant under this section to offset cost-sharing for distribution and dispensing of drugs or devices approved, cleared, or otherwise legally marketed under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose.”
in subsection (e), by striking “a State” and inserting “an eligible entity”;
in subsection (f)—
by striking “A State” and inserting “An eligible entity”;
by striking “in the State” and inserting “in the jurisdiction of the eligible entity”; and
by striking “approved or cleared” and inserting “approved, cleared, or otherwise legally marketed”;
by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:
“(g) Definitions—In this section:
“(1) Eligible entity—The term eligible entity means a State, locality, Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, or Urban Indian organization.
“(2) Indian Tribe—The term Indian Tribe has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.
“(3) Standing order—The term standing order means a document prepared by a person authorized to prescribe medication that permits another person to acquire, dispense, or administer medication without a person-specific prescription.
“(4) Tribal organization—The term Tribal organization has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.
“(5) Urban Indian organization—The term Urban Indian organization has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.”
in subsection (h)(1)—
by striking “$5,000,000” and inserting “$10,000,000”; and
by striking “2017 through 2019” and inserting “2023 through 2027”.