Tyler’s Law
Latest action (Sep 15, 2026) — Motion to reconsider Agreed to without objection.
What it does
Congressional Research Service, Mar 10, 2025This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to complete, within one year after the bill’s enactment, a study on how frequently Medicare-participating hospital emergency departments test for fentanyl in patients experiencing an overdose, the costs associated with such testing, and how such testing may impact patients.
Within six months after the study’s completion and based on its results, HHS must issue guidance regarding (1) whether hospital emergency departments should implement fentanyl testing as a routine procedure for patients experiencing an overdose, (2) how to ensure clinicians know which substances they are testing for in routine drug tests, and (3) how fentanyl testing may affect the future risk of overdose and other health outcomes.
Face Value
as reported to the HouseHow much of this bill its name accounts for.
- Every bill starts at100
- Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.
Face Value measures reach, not honesty. A big bill can be accurately named, and a low score is not an accusation — it means the contents reach further than any short title could describe. Count it yourself ↗ How this is worked out
Who lobbied on this
2 organizationsThese organizations told Congress, in their own quarterly disclosures, that they were lobbying on this bill.
- American College of Emergency Physiciansno position stated
“Opioids, pain management Federal funding for substance use disorder treatments H.R.2004-Tylers Law, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on whether hospital emergency departments should implement…” filing ↗
- American Medical Associationno position stated
“H.R.1266 - Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, all provisions H.R.1561 - ALERT Communities Act, all provisions H.R.2004 - Tylers Law, all provisions H.R.7970 - STOP Nitazenes Act, all provisions H.R.7994 - HERO Act, all provisions Comment Letter: [2026-11602]…” filing ↗
Most filings say only that an organization lobbied on a bill, not which side it took — where that's the case we say so rather than guessing. Quotes are verbatim from the filing. How this is built.
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