TN HB0583

Allows either the child victim or the forensic interviewer who conducted the interview to testify under oath that a video recording is true and correct, while still requiring the child to be available for cross-examination

Expands admissibility of forensic interviews by permitting interviews from child advocacy centers that are not nonprofit corporations, provided they are accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency

Permits interviews from centers where the executive director does not meet standard statutory criteria, as long as the executive director is supervised by a publicly elected official

Allows interviews to be admissible even without signed memoranda of understanding with all local law enforcement agencies, so long as the child advocacy center, Department of Children's Services, and district attorney general have executed such agreements

Authorizes forensic interviews conducted by federal agency employees during federal crime investigations to be admissible as evidence