OPIOID OVERDOSE REVERSAL MEDICATION ACCESS AND EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAMS.

SEC. 1220. OPIOID OVERDOSE REVERSAL MEDICATION ACCESS AND EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAMS.(a) Grants.—Section 545 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee) is amended—(1) in the section heading, by striking “access and education grant programs” and inserting “access, education, and co-prescribing grant programs”; (2) in the heading of subsection (a), by striking “Grants to States” and inserting “Grants”; (3) in subsection (a), by striking “shall make grants to States” and inserting “shall make grants to States, localities, Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act)”; (4) in subsection (a)(1), by striking “implement strategies for pharmacists to dispense a drug or device” and inserting “implement strategies that increase access to drugs or devices”; (5) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and (6) 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;” . (b) Grant Period.—Section 545(d)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee(d)(2)) is amended by striking “3 years” and inserting “5 years”. (c) Limitation.—Paragraph (3) of section 545(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee(d)) is amended to read as follows:136 STAT. 5673 “(3) Limitations.—A State may—“(A) use not more than 10 percent of a grant under this section for educating the public pursuant to subsection (a)(5); and “(B) use 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.” . (d) Authorization of Appropriations.—Section 545(h)(1) of the Public Health Service Act, is amended by striking “fiscal years 2017 through 2019” and inserting “fiscal years 2023 through 2027”. (e) Technical Amendment.—Section 545 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee), as amended, is further amended by striking “approved or cleared” each place it appears and inserting “approved, cleared, or otherwise legally marketed”.