Virginia's Warner cosponsors 'Tyler's Law' seeking more fentanyl testing in emergency rooms

U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) is among the senators cosponsoring "Tyler's Law," a bill that would direct the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide hospitals nationwide with guidance about how to implement fentanyl testing in their routine emergency room drug screening processes. The bill is named for Tyler Shamash, a teen who died of an overdose in part because he was not tested for fentanyl when checked into an emergency room, and his treating physician didn't know. A similar case occurred in Virginia, when Malcolm Kent, a 17-year-old from Fairfax County, died of an overdose in January...

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