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To reauthorize the program of first responder training.
Summary
This Act reauthorizes the first responder training program established under the Public Health Service Act, expanding its scope beyond opioid overdoses to include training on responding to overdoses involving heroin and other drugs. It broadens the eligible medications for training to include those approved, cleared, or otherwise legally marketed, rather than only FDA-approved or cleared products. The Act increases annual funding for the program from $36 million for fiscal years 2019 through 2023 to $57 million for fiscal years 2026 through 2030, providing expanded resources for training first responders in overdose response and related treatment.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI)
2 cosponsors
Actions (2)
- Jul 30, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
- Jul 30, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 30, 2025
Ms. Baldwin (for herself, Ms. Hassan, and Mrs. Capito) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To reauthorize the program of first responder training.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Safe Response Act”.
SEC. 2. FIRST RESPONDER TRAINING PROGRAM.
Section 546 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee-1) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking “tribes and tribal” and inserting “Tribes and Tribal”;
(2) in subsections (a), (c), and (d)—
(A) by striking “approved or cleared” each place it appears and inserting “approved, cleared, or otherwise legally marketed”; and
(B) by striking “opioid” each place it appears;
(3) in subsection (f)—
(A) by striking “approved or cleared” each place it appears and inserting “approved, cleared, or otherwise legally marketed”;
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking “opioid”;
(C) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by striking “opioid and heroin” and inserting “opioid, heroin, and other drug”; and
(ii) by striking “opioid overdose” and inserting “overdose”; and
(D) in paragraph (3), by striking “opioid and heroin”; and
(4) in subsection (h), by striking “$36,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023” and inserting “$57,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030”. <all>
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