HANDS Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5120 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5120 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. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 3, 2025 Ms. Pettersen (for herself and Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL 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. 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 ``Hospitals As Naloxone Distribution Sites Act'' or the ``HANDS Act''. SEC. 2. NO-COST COVERAGE OF PREVENTIVE OPIOID OVERDOSE REVERSAL DRUGS. (a) Coverage Under Medicare.-- (1) Coverage.--Section 1861(s)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(2)) is amended-- (A) in subparagraph (JJ), by adding ``and'' after the semicolon at the end; and (B) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ``(KK) a preventive opioid overdose reversal drug (as defined in subsection (nnn)) furnished on or after January 1, 2026;''. (2) Preventive opioid overdose reversal drug defined.-- Section 1861 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: `