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Senate Bill 921
119th Congress(2025-2026)
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Passed Senate on Mar 23, 2026
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The bill seeks to address the issue of fentanyl testing in hospital emergency departments. It requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to complete a study within a year to determine the frequency, costs, benefits, and risks of testing for fentanyl in emergency departments during overdoses. The study will also assess how such testing may impact patient experience, confidentiality, privacy, and the patient-physician relationship. Based on the study's results, the Secretary will issue guidance on whether emergency departments should implement fentanyl testing, how hospitals can ensure clinicians are aware of substances being tested, and the potential effects on future overdose risk and health outcomes.

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Sponsor
Introduced
Mar 10, 2025
Latest Action
Mar 23, 2026
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
921
Congress
119
Policy Area
Health
Health
Primary focus of measure is science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease; health services administration and funding, including such programs as Medicare and Medicaid; health personnel and medical education; drug use and safety; health care coverage and insurance; health facilities. Measures concerning controlled substances and drug trafficking may fall under Crime and Law Enforcement policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
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Indiana
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Washington
Senate Votes (1)
House Votes (0)
checkPassed on March 23, 2026
Status
Passed
Type
Unanimous Consent
Unanimous Consent
A senator may request unanimous consent on the floor to set aside a specified rule of procedure so as to expedite proceedings. If no Senator objects, the Senate permits the action, but if any one senator objects, the request is rejected. Unanimous consent requests with only immediate effects are routinely granted, but ones affecting the floor schedule, the conditions of considering a bill or other business, or the rights of other senators, are normally not offered, or a floor leader will object to it, until all senators concerned have had an opportunity to inform the leaders that they find it acceptable.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Summary
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Text (3)
March 23, 2026
January 28, 2026
March 10, 2025
Actions (7)
03/23/2026
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
03/23/2026
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
01/28/2026
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 307.
01/28/2026
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Cassidy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
01/15/2026
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
03/10/2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
03/10/2025
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Mar 24, 2026 10:58:21 AM