assistance in manufacturing more of their drug and quickly if they are going to give some of it away to people who are desperate. because in the end it s a billion dollar game. but amy remains hopeful that the new legislation will pressure pharmaceutical companies. a change in the environment, a step in the right direction where they realized they can t get away with saying no when they can save someone s life. a life with no other fighting chance. colorado is the fist first law but lawmakers in missouri and louisiana have also
away to people who are desperate. they re also in a situation where they don t want the fda telling them, hey, you gave this drug to six terminally ill people and they all died. did your drug kill them or did the disease kill them? reporter: ultimately, the family had the fda s support but could not compel the drug companies to say yes. because in the end it s a billion dollar game. reporter: but amy remains hopeful this new legislation will pressure pharmaceutical companies to provide the drugs. i hope that this is just going to be a change in the environment and a step in the right direction where they realize they can t get away with saying no when they can save a life. reporter: a life with no other fighting chance. anna cabrera, cnn, denver. all right, anna, thank you very much. i want to bring in someone who knows the stakes in this debate all too well. jason collier. his son suffers from spinal muscular atrophy. jason has been trying to get access to experimental dru