WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell issued the following press release:
Today, the Senate passed Tyler's Law, a bipartisan bill that would help the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issue guidance to hospitals on how and when to test for fentanyl in patients that present with overdose symptoms.
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, cosponsored the legislation.
"More than 3,000 Washingtonians tragically die from drug overdoses each year. Fentanyl is driving roughly three quarters of those deaths, yet many routine drug screens still don't test for it. Tyler's Law will help hospitals get clearer...