Studies fentanyl testing in emergency rooms

Requires the health department to study how often emergency rooms test overdose patients for fentanyl and then issue guidance on whether such testing should be routine.

• Within a year, a study on how often hospital emergency rooms test overdose patients for fentanyl
• The study also looks at testing costs and how testing affects patients
• Within six months of the study, guidance on whether routine fentanyl testing should be standard
• Guidance would also cover how testing may affect future overdose risk

Passed the House · Senate's turn

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