,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #iba  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #aj1         
#bjbe,mr4 ,banks 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,padilla1 ,mr4 ,grassley1 ,mr4 ,warner1 
and ,mr4 ,young7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,health and ,human ,services to issue   
guidance on whether hospital emergency  
departments should implement fentanyl   
testing as a routine procedure for      
patients experiencing an overdose1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as ,tyler's     
,law4  #b4 ,testing for fentanyl in     
hospital emergency departments  7a7     
,study ,not later than #a year after the
 date of enactment of this ,act1 the    
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services shall complete a study to     
determine-- 7#a7 how frequently hospital
 emergency departments test for fentanyl

 7in addition to testing for other      
substances such as amphetamines1        
phencyclidine1 cocaine1 opiates1 and    
marijuana7 when a patient is            
experiencing an overdose2  7#b7 the     
costs associated with such testing for  
fentanyl2  7#c7 the potential benefits  
and risks for patients receiving such   
testing for fentanyl2 and  7#d7 how     
fentanyl testing in hospital emergency  
departments may impact the experience of
 the patient1 including-- 7,a7          
protections for the confidentiality and 
privacy of the patient's personal health
 information2 and  7,b7 the             
patient-physician relationship4  7b7    
,guidance ,not later than #f months     
after completion of the study under     
subsection 7a71 based on the results of 
such study1 the ,secretary of ,health   
and ,human ,services shall issue        
guidance on the following3 7#a7 ,whether
 hospital emergency departments should  
implement fentanyl testing as a routine 
procedure for patients experiencing an  

overdose4  7#b7 ,how hospitals can      
ensure that clinicians in their hospital
 emergency departments are aware of     
which substances are being tested for in
 their routinely-administered drug      
tests1 regardless of whether those tests
 screen for fentanyl4  7#c7 ,how the    
administration of fentanyl testing in   
hospital emergency departments may      
affect the future risk of overdose and  
general health outcomes4  7c7           
,definition ,in this section1 the term  
hospital emergency department means a   
hospital emergency department as such   
term is used in section #ahfg7;a7 of the
 ,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4  
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