Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study how hospital emergency departments test for fentanyl during overdoses, then issue guidance on whether that testing should become routine.

• Requires a study, due within 1 year of enactment, on how often emergency departments test for fentanyl, the costs and benefits of such testing, and its effects on patient privacy and the patient-physician relationship.
• Requires guidance, due within 6 months after the study, on whether fentanyl testing should be routine for overdose patients and how hospitals can keep clinicians aware of which substances their drug tests screen for.
• Uses the definition of hospital emergency department found in section 1867(a) of the Social Security Act.

• Energy and Commerce Committee (House)
• Health Subcommittee

Health