Bill Text: AZ SB1209 | 2024 | Fifty-sixth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Hospitals; fentanyl testing

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-02-29 - House read second time [SB1209 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2024-SB1209-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: hospitals; fentanyl testing

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-sixth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2024

 

 

 

SB 1209

 

Introduced by

Senator Shope

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An Act

 

amending title 36, chapter 4, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-425.10; relating to health care institutions.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 36, chapter 4, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-425.10, to read:

START_STATUTE36-425.10. Hospitals; drug screening; fentanyl; exception

A. If a hospital conducts a urine drug screening on a patient to assist in diagnosing the patient's condition, the hospital shall include testing for fentanyl as part of the patient's drug screening.

B. Subsection A of this section does not apply to a hospital that does not have the capability or equipment to conduct a rapid urine drug test for the presence of fentanyl.END_STATUTE