FACTS Act

This bill creates grant programs and requires new strategies to address synthetic opioid misuse like fentanyl among middle and high school students. It allows the Department of Health and Human Services to give grants to partnerships between schools and health organizations for prevention and treatment programs, and lets school health centers buy naloxone to reverse overdoses. The bill also lets state education agencies use certain federal grant money to train school staff on handling student synthetic opioid misuse and requires schools to address this issue in their education plans to qualify for some federal grants. Additionally, it creates a federal taskforce to coordinate efforts, requires studies on how well current systems identify which synthetic opioids cause youth overdoses, and expands data collection to include information about synthetic opioid use in schools.

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