Pennsylvania 2025_0 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 25 D · 1 R cosponsors

HB 803 — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in school health services, providing for maintenance and use of opioid antagonists.

Last action — Referred to EDUCATION, March 4, 2025

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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced March 04, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.

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Advancing 42% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

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  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 27 sponsors

    1 primary, 26 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (25 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

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Summary

Requiring Naloxone (Narcan) in High Schools

Bill Text

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The bill requires school entities to maintain and provide opioid antagonists onsite in high schools and establishes training and liability protections for individuals administering them during overdose events.

  • Section 1426

    Maintenance and Use of Opioid Antagonists.-- (a) Within sixty (60) days of the effective date of this section, the department, in consultation with the Department of Health, shall develop a policy requiring a school entity offering grade nine, ten, eleven or twelve to maintain and provide onsite opioid antagonists in each school facility. (b) The policy developed under subsection (a): (1) Shall include procedures to follow when dealing with a suspected opioid overdose event. (2) May not require an individual to administer an opioid antagonist. (3) Shall provide the quantities and types of opioid antagonists to be maintained by the school entity. (c) A trained school nurse, teacher or other individual in a school entity who is considered qualified by the department may administer an opioid antagonist during an emergency to a student or staff member at a school facility having a suspected opioid overdose event whether or not there is a previous history of drug abuse. (d) A school nurse, teacher or other individual may receive training in the administration of opioid antagonists provided by the Department of Health. (e) A school entity shall maintain opioid antagonists at each school facility in a safe and secure location. (f) When an opioid antagonist is administered under this section to a student or staff member at a school facility, the school nurse, teacher or other individual considered qualified by the department shall ensure that the student or staff member is transported to the nearest hospital emergency department for medical care. (g) A school nurse, teacher or individual who has completed training as required by the department under this section and who, acting in good faith and with reasonable care, administers an opioid antagonist to a student or staff member who is having a suspected opioid overdose event: (1) Shall be immune from criminal prosecution, sanction under professional licensing statute and civil liability for administering the opioid antagonist. (2) May not be subject to professional review for administering the opioid antagonist. (3) May not be liable for civil damages for acts or omissions resulting from administration of the opioid antagonist. (h) The receipt of the required training and the prompt seeking of additional medical assistance by an individual authorized under this section to do so creates a rebuttable presumption that the individual acted with reasonable care in administering the opioid antagonist. (i) As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Department" means the Department of Education of the Commonwealth. "Opioid antagonist" means a drug that binds to opioid receptors and blocks or inhibits the effects of opioids acting on the receptors. The term includes naloxone hydrochloride, also known as Narcan or naloxone. "School entity" means a public school, including a charter school or cyber charter school, private school, nonpublic school, intermediate unit or area career and technical school operating within this Commonwealth. "Suspected opioid overdose event" means an acute medical condition, including severe physical illness, coma, mania, hysteria or death: (1) resulting from the consumption or use of an opioid causing an adverse reaction; and (2) that a prudent person, possessing an average knowledge of medicine and health, would reasonably believe is in fact an overdose of a drug requiring immediate medical attention.

    This establishes new requirements for schools regarding the maintenance and administration of opioid antagonists.

Action History

  1. Referred to EDUCATION, March 4, 2025

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 26 co-sponsors · 226 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (26)

Not signed on (226)

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public-safety healthcare education
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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 803 do?
Requiring Naloxone (Narcan) in High Schools
Who sponsors HB 803?
HB 803 is sponsored by McNEILL, Robert Freeman (Democratic), R. Lee James (Republican), Maureen E. Madden (Democratic), Mandy Steele (Democratic), MaryLouise Isaacson (Democratic), Chris Pielli (Democratic), Ben Waxman (Democratic), Benjamin V. Sanchez (Democratic), Carol Hill-Evans (Democratic), Kristine C. Howard (Democratic), Carol Kazeem (Democratic), Perry S. Warren (Democratic), Jose Giral (Democratic), Danielle Friel Otten (Democratic), Dan K. Williams (Democratic), La'Tasha D. Mayes (Democratic), Joseph C. Hohenstein (Democratic), G. Roni Green (Democratic), Joe Ciresi (Democratic), Nikki Rivera (Democratic), Malcolm Kenyatta (Democratic), Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (Democratic), Rick Krajewski (Democratic), Tim Brennan (Democratic), John C. Inglis III (Democratic), and Keith S. Harris (Democratic).
What is the current status of HB 803?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced March 04, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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