SEEK HELP Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4607 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4607 To provide protections from prosecution for drug possession to individuals who seek medical assistance when witnessing or experiencing an overdose, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 22, 2025 Mr. Neguse (for himself, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Levin, and Ms. Tenney) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 provide protections from prosecution for drug possession to individuals who seek medical assistance when witnessing or experiencing an overdose, and for other purposes. 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 ``Samaritan Efforts to Ensure Key Health Emergency and Life-saving Protections Act'' or the ``SEEK HELP Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act-- (1) the term ``controlled substance'' has the meaning given that term in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802); (2) the term ``emergency response providers'' has the meaning given that term in section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101); (3) the term ``opioid overdose reversal drug'' means a drug approved under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355) that-- (A) is indicated for the partial or complete reversal of the pharmacological effects of an opioid overdose in the human bod