New Jersey A 3680: Expands definition of newspaper for required public advertisements to include those published online.

Bill Text

A3680 

ASSEMBLY, No. 3680 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman DONALD A. GUARDIAN

District 2 (Atlantic)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires hospital urine drug screenings to include 
test for fentanyl.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning hospital urine drug screenings and 
supplementing P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et al.).

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� a.� As used in this 
section, �urine drug screening� means a chemical analysis intended to test a 
patient for the presence of multiple drugs, including, but not limited to, 
cocaine, opioids, and phencyclidine.

���� b.��� A general acute care 
hospital licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136, (C.26:2H-1 et al.) that conducts 
a urine drug screening to assist in diagnosing a patient�s condition shall 
include, in the urine drug screening, a test for the presence of fentanyl.

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately and shall expire on January 1, 2028.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires that, 
whenever a general acute care hospital conducts a urine drug screening to 
assist in diagnosing a patient�s condition, the urine drug screening is to 
include a test for the presence of fentanyl.� 

���� Fentanyl is a highly potent 
synthetic opioid that, even in very small amounts, can result in overdose and 
death.� Fentanyl use has significantly increased during the opioid epidemic, in 
part because, with growing frequency, fentanyl is used to cut other drugs, 
including heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine.� This practice has resulted in 
increasing overdose deaths, even among people who do not ordinarily use opioid 
drugs.� 

���� Currently, urine drug 
screenings typically include tests for cocaine, certain opioids, and 
phencyclidine, but not fentanyl.� It is the sponsor�s belief that mandatory 
testing for the presence of fentanyl can help prevent overdose deaths by 
ensuring that patients who have ingested fentanyl, either intentionally or 
unintentionally, receive proper treatment for a fentanyl overdose.

���� This bill will take effect 
immediately and expire on January 1, 2028.�