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Health & Saf. Code, § 1259.3 · Article 1. General

Health & Saf. Code, § 1259.3

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

(a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as Tyler’s Law.

(b) If a person is treated at a general acute care hospital and the hospital conducts a urine drug screening to assist in diagnosing the patient’s condition, the hospital shall include testing for fentanyl in the urine drug screening.

(c) As used in this section, “urine drug screening” means a chemical analysis intended to test patients for the presence of multiple drugs, including cocaine, opioids, and phencyclidine.

(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 169, Sec. 1. (SB 864) Effective January 1, 2023. Repealed as of January 1, 2028, by its own provisions.

Source of truth

Edition
As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC&sectionNum=1259.3.
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