The HOPE Act clarifies that states and tribes can use federal opioid response grants already available under the 21st Century Cures Act to fund public access opioid overdose reversal kits—kits containing overdose-reversal medication and instructions on how to use it. The bill expands what these existing grant programs can pay for to explicitly include acquiring, making available, and maintaining overdose reversal kits for public use, addressing a gap in how states and tribes can deploy these life-saving tools. This legislation affects states, tribal governments, and communities struggling with opioid overdoses by removing restrictions on how they can use funds they already receive for opioid response efforts. No new federal funding is created by this bill—it simply clarifies the permissible uses of existing grant money. The bill was introduced in September 2025 and referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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