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119th Congress

H.R. 5120

HANDS Act

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor
Brittany Pettersen(D-CO)
Introduced
Sep 3, 2025
Policy area
Health
Committees
House Committee on Armed Services; House Committee on Energy and Commerce; House Committee on Ways and Means
Official text
Introduced in House · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (3)

Original cosponsors (1)

Added later (2)

Summary

No Congressional Research Service summary yet. CRS usually publishes one a few weeks after a bill is introduced.

Official title: To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act and title 10, United States Code, to provide no-cost coverage for the preventive distribution of opioid overdose reversal drugs.

Latest action(Sep 3, 2025): Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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