ENA Action Alert: Empower Patients and Providers Against Fentanyl! Support Tyler's Law Today!
Posted 4 months ago in NCENA Advocacy
Empower Patients and Providers Against Fentanyl! Support Tyler's Law Today!
Fentanyl continues to ravage our communities. Maybe patients and providers need more information.
- In 2022, more than 80,000 people died from opioid overdoses in the U.S., nearly all of these were caused by fentanyl;
- Yet, current standard drug screens for overdose patients does not include fentanyl.
Tyler’s Law (H.R. 6600/ S. 3519) would help ensure that patients experiencing overdose are appropriately tested by requiring HHS to study the feasibility of testing for fentanyl in emergency departments to weigh the potential benefits against the burden on hospitals it might represent. Following the study, HHS would issue guidance to hospitals on whether and how they should implement such testing for fentanyl.
Contact your representatives and senators and urge them to support H.R. 6600/ S. 3519 to support appropriate guidance related to fentanyl testing.