,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bhji  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ad1
 #bjbc,mr4 ,cornyn 7for himself and ,ms4
 ,hassan7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,health1 ,education1  
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,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 
naloxone4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,halting the        
,epidemic of ,addiction and ,loss ,act  
of #bjbc or the ,,heal ,act of #bjbc4   
#b4 ,references to opioid overdose      
reversal agents in ,,hhs grant programs 
7a7 ,in general ,in promulgating        
regulations or issuing guidance or other
 documents for any grant program of the 
,department of ,health and ,human       
,services that addresses opioid misuse  
or use disorders1 the ,secretary of     
,health and ,human ,services 7referred  

to in this section as the ,secretary7   
shall ensure that any reference to an   
opioid overdose reversal agent-- 7#a7   
shall be a reference to any drug or     
device approved1 cleared1 or otherwise  
legally marketed under the ,federal     
,food1 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic ,act 7#ba   
,u4,s4,c4 #cja et seq47 for emergency   
treatment of known or suspected opioid  
overdose2 and  7#b7 shall not be limited
 to a reference to naloxone4  7b7       
,existing references  7#a7 ,update ,not 
later than ,december #ca1 #bjbc1 the    
,secretary shall update each regulation1
 guidance1 and other document described 
in paragraph 7#b7 such that any         
reference to an opioid overdose reversal
 agent1 including any reference to      
naloxone1 is a reference to any drug or 
device approved1 cleared1 or otherwise  
legally marketed under the ,federal     
,food1 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic ,act 7#ba   
,u4,s4,c4 #cja et seq47 for emergency   
treatment of known or suspected opioid  
overdose4  7#b7 ,regulations1 guidance1 

documents described ,a regulation1      
guidance1 or other document described in
 this paragraph is any regulation1      
guidance1 or other document of the      
,department of ,health and ,human       
,services that-- 7,a7 was issued before 
the date of enactment of this ,act2 and 
7,b7 is for-- 7i7 the grant program for 
,state and ,tribal response to opioid   
use disorders under section #ajjc of the
 #bast ,century ,cures ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #bij;ee-#c;a2 commonly        
referred to as ,state ,opioid ,response 
,grants and ,tribal ,opioid ,response   
,grants72 or  7ii7 the grant program for
 priority substance use disorder        
prevention needs of regional and        
national significance under section #eaf
 of the ,public ,health ,service ,act   
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bij;bb-#bb74