# 119-hr-7019: Campus Prevention and Recovery Services for Students Act of 2026

119-hr-7019, Campus Prevention and Recovery Services for Students Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3] (D-NM); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-7019
- Congress: 119
- Title: Campus Prevention and Recovery Services for Students Act of 2026
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-01-12
- Sponsor: Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3] (D-NM)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Expands campus programs to prevent and treat alcohol and substance misuse.** This bill would rename and broaden Higher Education Act Section 120 to require evidence-based or evidence-informed programs, add recovery supports, and create new federal coordination with HHS. - Students: More prevention education, counseling, peer recovery support, and re-entry help for students with substance use disorders. - Colleges and universities: Must adopt evidence-based or evidence-informed programs, publish information on campus counseling and recovery options, and may use grants to better integrate primary care, mental health, and substance use disorder services. - Federal coordination and grants: The Department of Education would enter an interagency agreement with HHS within 180 days and issue guidance within 1 year, while grants may fund overdose prevention, crisis response, direct recovery supports, and partnerships with community-based organizations. *Would authorize $15.0 million for fiscal year 2027 and each of the five following years to carry out Section 120, increasing federal outlays by that amount annually for 2027–2031.*

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] (D-GA), 2026-01-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] (D-NH), 2026-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More campus prevention and recovery grants: benefit, medium. If enacted, grants or contracts under section 120 would be allowed to fund a much wider set of activities on campus. These include recovery support services, peer support and counseling, integration with campus primary care and mental health services, and integrated screening, diagnosis, prevention…
- College certification of prevention programs: benefit, medium. If enacted, two years after enactment institutions would have to certify they operate an evidence-based or evidence-informed alcohol and substance misuse prevention program that is accessible to students and employees. Institutions would also have to describe any counseling, treatment, rehabilitati…
- Federal campus prevention guidance: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Education Secretary would have to make an interagency agreement with HHS within 180 days to develop best practices for evidence-based or evidence-informed campus alcohol and substance misuse programs. The agreement would set processes to share those best practices and to coordinate…
- Campus prevention grant funding: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would authorize $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2027 and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years (2027–2031) to carry out campus prevention and recovery grants under section 120. Those authorized funds would support grants for prevention, treatment referral, and recovery suppo…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-7019 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7019)

## Related
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
- [119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2086)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5390)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7019 (as of 2026-04-21).