,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bccf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ag1     
#bjbe ,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 #bjbe4  #b4  ,references to opioid   
overdose reversal agents in ,,hhs grant 
programs  7a7  ,in general  ,the        
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services shall ensure that1 as         
appropriate1 whenever the ,department of
 ,health and ,human ,services issues a  
regulation or guidance for any grant    
program addressing opioid misuse and use
 disorders1 any reference to an opioid  

overdose reversal drug 7such as a       
reference to naloxone7 is inclusive of  
any opioid overdose reversal drug that  
has been approved under section #eje of 
the ,federal ,food1 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic
 ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #cee7 for emergency
 treatment of a known or suspected      
opioid overdose4  7b7  ,existing        
references  7#a7  ,update  ,not later   
than one year after the date of         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,health and ,human ,services shall   
update all references described in      
paragraph 7#b7 to be inclusive of any   
opioid overdose reversal drug that has  
been approved or otherwise authorized   
for use by the ,food and ,drug          
,administration4  7#b7  ,references  ,a 
reference described in this paragraph is
 any reference to an opioid overdose    
reversal drug 7such as naloxone7 in any 
regulation or guidance 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 included in--  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;a7 7commonly  
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