The practice of drawing blood has changed very little over the decades. It looks about the same now as it did 50 years ago.

Unlike with a traditional blood draw, the patient does not see the needle go into the arm nor the tubes of blood. The process takes about two minutes and has a 95% success rate on the first attempt.

The bill says that health care providers may refuse to draw blood at the direction of law enforcement except when required by a court order. “That was kind of misinterpreted, and misinterpreted ...