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Tyler’s Law

Introduced Mar 10, 2025

Latest action (Sep 16, 2026) Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 625.

Referred to
Energy and Commerce Committee
Policy area
Health
Issues
Healthcare
Legislative subjects (6)
Drug, alcohol, tobacco useEmergency medical services and trauma careGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHospital careMedical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary
  • Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study how frequently hospital emergency departments test for fentanyl in overdose patients within one year of enactment.
  • Requires the study to examine the costs, potential benefits and risks, and impacts on patient privacy and the patient-physician relationship.
  • Requires the Secretary to issue guidance within six months of the study's completion on whether hospitals should implement routine fentanyl testing for overdose patients.
  • Requires the Secretary to provide guidance on how hospitals can ensure clinicians know which substances are tested for in routine drug tests.
  • Requires the Secretary to provide guidance on how fentanyl testing may affect future overdose risk and general health outcomes.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
65 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Ted Lieu’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • NOT-EMPLOYED $255,097
  • Employer not reported $21,050
  • COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY, LLP $13,200
  • TRENDNET $13,200
  • NETFLIX $13,200

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Ted Lieu → · Outside spending →

Actions (17)
  1. Sep 16, 2026 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 625. · senate
  2. Sep 15, 2026 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · house
  3. Sep 15, 2026 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5673) · house
  4. Sep 15, 2026 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
  5. Sep 15, 2026 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2004. · house
  6. Sep 15, 2026 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5673-5674) · house
  7. Sep 15, 2026 Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. · house
  8. Sep 14, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 716. · house
  9. Sep 14, 2026 Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-817. · house
  10. Jul 21, 2026 Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 46 - 0. · house
  11. Jul 21, 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  12. Jul 20, 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  13. Jun 25, 2026 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote. · house
  14. Jun 25, 2026 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  15. Mar 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
  16. Mar 10, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. · house
  17. Mar 10, 2025 Introduced in House

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • S 921 — Tyler’s Law (shares 6 subjects)
  • HR 1654 — CUTS Act (shares 5 subjects)
  • HR 136 — Veteran Overmedication and Suicide Prevention Act of 2025 (shares 5 subjects)
  • HR 191 — Inflation Reduction Act of 2025 (shares 5 subjects)
  • HR 8870 — BUILD America 250 Act (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 7006 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 (shares 4 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 921 — Tyler’s Law · Passed Senate Mar 24, 2026 · Cong. 119 86%
  • HR 1064 — Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act · Introduced Feb 6, 2025 · Cong. 119 68%
  • HR 5023 — Fentanyl Kills Act · Introduced Aug 22, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%
  • HR 920 — Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act · Introduced Feb 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%
  • HR 8005 — Stop Pills That Kill Act · Passed House Sep 16, 2026 · Cong. 119 65%
  • HR 3764 — Death Penalty for Dealing Fentanyl Act of 2025 · Introduced Jun 5, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%

Text versions (4)
  • Placed on Calendar Senate · Sep 16, 2026
  • Engrossed in House · Sep 15, 2026
  • Reported in House · Sep 14, 2026
  • Introduced in House · Mar 10, 2025

Full text

AN ACT

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 overdose, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as “Tyler’s Law”.

SEC. 2. TESTING FOR FENTANYL IN HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS.

(a) Study.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall complete a study to determine—

(1) how frequently hospital emergency departments test for fentanyl (in addition to testing for other substances such as amphetamines, phencyclidine, cocaine, opiates, and marijuana) when a patient is experiencing an overdose;

(2) the costs associated with such testing for fentanyl;

(3) the potential benefits and risks for patients receiving such testing for fentanyl; and

(4) how fentanyl testing in hospital emergency departments may impact the experience of the patient, including—

(A) protections for the confidentiality and privacy of the patient’s personal health information; and

(B) the patient-physician relationship.

(b) Guidance.—Not later than 6 months after completion of the study under subsection (a), based on the results of such study, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall issue guidance on the following:

(1) Whether hospital emergency departments should implement fentanyl testing as a routine procedure for patients experiencing an overdose.

(2) 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 tests, regardless of whether those tests screen for fentanyl.

(3) How the administration of fentanyl testing in hospital emergency departments may affect the future risk of overdose and general health outcomes.

(c) Definition.—In this section, the term “hospital emergency department” means a hospital emergency department as such term is used in section 1867(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395dd(a)).

Passed the House of Representatives September 15, 2026.

Attest:

Clerk. 119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 2004

AN ACT

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 overdose, and for other purposes.

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