Health Subcommittee

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, relative to welfare.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 7; Title 33; Title 38; Title 53; Title 55; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to nursing.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38 and Title 68, relative to death certificates.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 14, relative to food safety.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 49; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to blood lead level testing.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 3, relative to food assistance.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 38; Title 62 and Title 68, relative to healthcare facilities.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68, Title 71 and Chapter 985 of the Public Acts of 2024, relative to certificates of need.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 13, Chapter 7 and Title 71, Chapter 3, relative to childcare agencies.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 71, relative to welfare.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to swimming pools.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 56; Title 63, Chapter 5; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to dental hygienists.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 10; Title 29; Title 30; Title 31; Title 32; Title 34; Title 35; Title 36; Title 38; Title 39; Title 46; Title 50; Title 55; Title 56; Title 58; Title 62; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to the disposition of human remains.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, Chapter 17, relative to professions of the healing arts.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 9; Title 24; Title 29; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 45; Title 50; Title 53; Title 57; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to medical cannabis.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 33; Title 36; Title 49; Title 52; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to professional counselors.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 48, Chapter 68 and Title 68, Chapter 11, relative to hospitals.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56; Title 68, Chapter 11 and Title 71, Chapter 5, relative to managed care organizations.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to medications approved by the federal food and drug administration.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, Chapter 6 and Title 63, Chapter 9, relative to continuing education requirements.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, Chapter 6 and Title 63, Chapter 9, relative to the practice of medicine.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to implanted medical devices.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 63, relative to dietetics and nutrition.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to the state uterine fibroids commission.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 33; Title 41; Title 49; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to psychotropic medication.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 11 and Chapter 985 of the Public Acts of 2024, relative to certificate of need.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63 and Title 68, relative to pain management.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, Chapter 2, relative to adult day services.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to health facility regulation.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, Chapter 24 relative to athletic trainers.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, relative to temporary assistance.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, relative to podiatry.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 53 and Title 63, relative to buprenorphine products.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 11, relative to healthcare facilities.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 32, relative to blood donations.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 52, Chapter 8, Part 2, relative to respite care.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 63; Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 71, Chapter 4, Part 21, relative to sign language interpreters.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to healthcare treatment of minors.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2, relative to voluntary surrendering of an infant.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to healthcare services.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 140, relative to emergency medical services.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38 and Title 63, relative to criminal background checks.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to uterine fibroids.

A RESOLUTION to propose an amendment to Article I of the Constitution of Tennessee, relative to medical treatment.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63 and Title 68, relative to healthcare providers.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 9; Title 67, Chapter 4 and Title 71, relative to financial assistance.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to psychologists.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to health care.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 63, relative to schools of nursing.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 33; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to health care.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 33; Title 47; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to addiction services.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33 and Title 52, relative to facilities for persons with disabilities.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63 and Title 68, relative to medical records.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to bronchodilator rescue inhalers.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 14; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to health care.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to medical laboratories.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, relative to maternal mental health.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 68, Chapter 7, relative to the medical cannabis commission.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 41; Title 53 and Title 63, relative to healthcare prescribers.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33 and Title 63, relative to mental health.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 9 and Title 71, relative to medical expenses.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to health related licensure.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56 and Title 63, Chapter 1, relative to prior authorization for healthcare services.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to deaths.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 53, Chapter 10; Title 56, Chapter 32 and Title 63, Chapter 10, relative to pharmacy.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 63, relative to athletic trainers.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 53 and Title 68, relative to relative to drug labels.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 29, relative to medical laboratories.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56 and Title 68, relative to the Tennessee Genomic Security and End Organ Harvesting Act.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, relative to the child care improvement fund.

A RESOLUTION relative to a voluntary reporting system for Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease in Tennessee.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 53 and Title 63, relative to medical treatment.

A RESOLUTION relative to anesthesia workforce.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to health care.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, relative to the food stamp program.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, relative to food assistance.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 14; Title 37, Chapter 10, Part 4; Title 49 and Title 63, relative to public health.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, relative to health.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to the Social Work Licensure Compact.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63 and Title 68, relative to physician assistants.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33 and Title 68, relative to persons with disabilities.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 68, relative to the health facilities commission.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to group homes.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to the health facilities commission.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 14; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to health care.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to healthcare practice.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 71, relative to public benefits for child care workers.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36 and Title 68, relative to birth certificates.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to the use of buprenorphine products.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 71, relative to prescription drugs.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 63 and Title 68, and Chapter 211 of the Public Acts of 2023, relative to occupational licensing.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 34; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to medical records.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 5, relative to genetic testing.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38 and Title 68, Chapter 11, relative to facility security.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Section 4-3-2711, relative to the Tennessee council on autism spectrum disorder.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 15, relative to PANDAS Awareness Day.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63 and Title 68, relative to home therapy services.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 33-6-503 and Section 33-6-421, relative to licensed professionals who may sign certificates of need.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 5, Part 4, relative to newborn screening.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 34; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to patient visitation.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to a continuing education program for healthcare professionals focused on public and office safety.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 33-3-206, relative to duties required of mental health professionals.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 18 and Section 63-2-102, relative to medical records.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2, relative to the voluntary surrender of an infant.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 16; Title 33; Title 41 and Title 68, relative to mental health services.

A RESOLUTION relative to nutrition.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 71-5-164, relative to the Katie Beckett program.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to suicide.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 36; Title 37 and Title 68, relative to child fatality review teams.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 33 and Title 63, Chapter 22, relative to therapists.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29; Title 55; Title 62, Chapter 7; Title 66; Title 68, Chapter 110 and Title 68, Chapter 14, relative to recreational camper sites.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63 and Title 68, relative to pharmacies.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 71, relative to child care agencies.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to beds.

A RESOLUTION relative to reducing the veteran suicide rate through a peer recovery program.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, relative to osteopathic physicians.

A RESOLUTION to designate February 24 as "SCN2A Awareness Day" in Tennessee.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 27 and Title 33, Chapter 5, relative to adult-sized changing tables.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63 and Title 68, relative to anesthesiology.

A RESOLUTION relative to training for the adult blind in Tennessee.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to healthcare facilities.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 14; Title 37, Chapter 10, Part 4; Title 49 and Title 63, relative to public health notices.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 7; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to breast cancer.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 13, relative to the Hospital Cooperation Act of 1993.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33, relative to mental health.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 1 and Title 39, relative to tobacco.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63 and Title 71, relative to doulas.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33 and Title 49, relative to the temporary youth mental health service program.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 29; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 45; Title 50; Title 53; Title 57; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to the "Tennessee Medical Autonomy Related to Cannabis Act."

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 6-54-135; Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2; Title 44 and Title 68, relative to animals in food service establishments.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 53-11-311 and Section 63-1-164, relative to deleting references to repealed federal law.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 63 and Title 68, Chapter 140, relative to emergency services.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 7; Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to health care.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33, relative to mental health.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-1-119; Section 68-11-1615 and Section 68-11-310, relative to data reported by healthcare facilities.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 9 and Title 71, relative to financial assistance for child care.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 71, relative to child care payment assistance.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to tanning facilities.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56 and Title 63, relative to telehealth.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 13, Chapter 26; Title 29, Chapter 20; Title 33; Title 37, Chapter 1; Title 55; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to transportation services for persons with developmental disabilities, mental illness, or serious emotional disturbance.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 36; Title 37; Title 49 and Title 71, relative to child care.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 33-3-206, relative to duties required of mental health professionals.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 8 and Title 33, relative to release from certain facilities.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to mental health services for youth.

A RESOLUTION to urge TennCare and the Department of Education to coordinate and apply for federal grants and programs related to student mental health services and resources.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33, Chapter 3, Part 2, relative to special liability.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 1, relative to reporting on availability of psychiatric inpatient resources.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 33; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to the regulation of healthcare facilities.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 63, Chapter 4 and Title 63, Chapter 5, relative to healthcare providers.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to health.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 63; Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 140, relative to health.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 71, relative to doulas.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 14; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to prohibiting minor consent to vaccination.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 3, relative to ground ambulance service providers.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to health.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to exchange programs for needles and hypodermic syringes.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 1, relative to intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63 and Title 68, Chapter 11, relative to the employment of medical professionals.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 3, relative to the Tennessee emergency medical services board.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to a prescription drug donation repository program.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 63, Chapter 11, relative to psychologist licensure.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, Chapter 10 and Title 71, Chapter 5, relative to weight management.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, Chapter 17, Part 1, relative to the practice of speech language pathology.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, relative to the practice of physical therapy.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 68, Chapter 1, relative to health.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33, relative to mental health treatment.

A RESOLUTION relative to improving the care of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 11; Title 49; Title 68 and Title 70, relative to camps.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 37; Title 50; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to mothers.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 71-5-1201; Section 71-5-1203 and Section 71-5-1204, relative to the distribution of funds from the temporary assistance for needy families program.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 28; Title 29; Title 33; Title 34; Title 36; Title 37; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to medical care of the young.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 33; Title 49; Title 53; Title 55; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to nurses.

A RESOLUTION to designate October 2023 as "Spina Bifida Awareness Month" in Tennessee.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 33; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to certificates of need.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to access to persons in health-related facilities.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 33; Title 63 and Title 71, relative to the creation of a healthcare task force to review the reimbursement of health professionals employed by agencies performing healthcare services in this state.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 33; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to healthcare facilities.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 14 and Title 68, Chapter 11, relative to visitation in long-term care facilities.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 68, Chapter 7, relative to qualifying medical diagnoses for the use of medical cannabis.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 63, relative to licensure of professional counselors.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, Chapter 11, relative to psychology.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 53 and Title 63, relative to prescriptions.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38 and Title 68, Chapter 11, relative to facility security.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, relative to the food stamp program.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to governmental entities.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 14; Title 50; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to COVID-19.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 11, Part 7, relative to community-based vocational rehabilitation services.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 14; Title 47; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to medication.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to the prescribing of buprenorphine.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 49, Chapter 50, Part 16; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to epinephrine.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 14 and Title 68, relative to COVID-19.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 68, Chapter 102, relative to firefighters.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33, relative to the department of mental health and substance abuse services.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-11-239, relative to central service technicians.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68, Chapter 7, relative to medical cannabis.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 2, Part 6, relative to local health departments.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63 and Title 68, relative to the practice of pharmacy.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to cannabis for medical use.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 20; Title 29; Title 37; Title 39; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to abortion.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 14 and Title 68, Chapter 11, relative to visitation in hospitals.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, Chapter 11, relative to the applied behavioral analyst licensing committee.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, Chapter 6, relative to physician self-referral.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, Chapter 1, Part 1, relative to temporary assistance for needy families (TANF).

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 29; Title 33; Title 39; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to residential care.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to ground ambulance service providers.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 33 and Title 68, relative to emergency services.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 14-4-103; Title 49 and Title 63, relative to parental rights.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 63, Chapter 19, Part 1, relative to physician assistants.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to COVID-19.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 14; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to standing orders.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 4, relative to criminal law.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 37; Title 50; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to mothers.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 40; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 58; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to the practice of pharmacy.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to anatomical gifts.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 15, relative to vapor products.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 66, Chapter 23, relative to disabled persons.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to healthcare outcomes.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33, Chapter 6, Part 4, relative to individuals authorized to complete certificates of need.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 45, Chapter 7 and Title 67, Chapter 6, relative to money transmission.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 53, Chapter 8 and Title 68, Chapter 14, relative to mobile food units.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 53, Chapter 10; Title 53, Chapter 11 and Title 63, relative to controlled substances.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 15 and Title 71, Chapter 6, Part 1, relative to vulnerable adults.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 50; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to employment.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 38, Chapter 3; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 43; Title 50; Title 53; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68, relative to the regulation of cannabis for medical use.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to certificates of need.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 8; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to public health.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 20; Title 29; Title 33; Title 47; Title 53; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to the opioid crisis.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 68, Chapter 29, relative to medical laboratories.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 71-1-105; Section 71-3-104; Section 71-3-105; Section 71-3-120; Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 12 and Section 71-5-314, relative to public assistance.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 16, Chapter 22; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 40; Title 41; Title 45; Title 50; Title 53; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68, relative to controlled substances.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, relative to professions of the healing arts.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, Chapter 5, relative to dentistry.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 29, Chapter 26; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to health-related licensing.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to health care.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 37; Title 49; Title 63; Title 68 and Section 71-5-133, relative to human reproduction.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to telehealth.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, Chapter 7, Part 1, relative to nursing graduates.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 7; Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to psychology.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 6; Title 33; Title 47; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to alcohol and drug services.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 16, relative to certificates of need for nursing home beds.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 68, relative to quarantine procedures.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to mental health.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 71, relative to child care.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, Chapter 4, relative to chiropractors.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to telehealth.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 39; Title 47; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to vapor products.

A RESOLUTION to urge Tennesseans to register as organ and tissue donors.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to health care.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-10-216, relative to pharmacies.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, Chapter 13, relative to physical therapy.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-1-155, relative to store-and-forward telemedicine services.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to nursing.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to federally qualified health centers.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 29; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 43; Title 45; Title 53; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 12, relative to the Tennessee Marijuana Regulation Act.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 11, relative to certificates of need.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, Chapter 5, relative to assessments.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 71-2-105, relative to the commission on aging and disability.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 9 and Title 71, relative to temporary assistance.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to certificates of need.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 33-2-203; Section 33-2-901; Section 33-4-109 and Section 63-1-155, relative to mental health and substance abuse services.

A RESOLUTION to recognize racism as a public health threat.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 33; Title 37; Title 41; Title 49; Title 50; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to health care.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 9; Title 37; Title 47; Title 53 and Title 71, relative to welfare.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 32; Title 33; Title 39; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to human trafficking.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 71, relative to assistance programs.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 68, relative to the Tennessee Medical Laboratory Act.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 9; Title 16; Title 40; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to public health legal services.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, relative to the use of professional titles.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33, relative to mental health treatment.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 7; Title 33; Title 37; Title 49; Title 50; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to health.

As enacted, revises provisions governing the reporting of a patient's involuntary commitment to an inpatient treatment facility to local law enforcement so that the information may be reported to the FBI-NICS Index and the department of safety; specifies that a pharmacy or pharmacist has the right to provide an insured information regarding the amount of the insured's cost share for a prescription drug. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

As enacted, clarifies that physicians can accept barter of goods or services as payment for healthcare services in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 63.

As enacted, authorizes, as a pilot project in Sullivan, Washington, Carter, Johnson, and Hawkins counties, the emergency medical services board to certify training programs for certain emergency medical services personnel operated by licensed ambulance services; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 3.

As enacted, enacts the "Suicide Mortality Review and Prevention Act of 2018." - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 3.

As enacted, requires compliance with certain requirements by a person practicing ultrasound sonography in a nonclinical 3D/4D ultrasound boutique setting. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2; Title 63 and Title 68.

As enacted, authorizes a nurse practitioner or physician assistant who holds a federal DEA waiver to prescribe buprenorphine products under certain conditions. - Amends TCA Title 53.

As enacted, revises certain provisions regarding eligible persons on referral list for services. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 71.

As enacted, creates the Tennessee Task Force on Lupus Education and Awareness. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 50; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

As enacted, exempts certain low-income persons from initial licensure fees imposed by certain health related boards and professional regulatory boards. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 6, Part 3; Title 23, Chapter 3; Title 49; Title 56; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68.

As enacted, requires the department of children's services to develop instructional guidelines for child safety training programs for members of professions that frequently deal with children who may be at risk of abuse. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 4; Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 1; Title 63, Chapter 23; Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 2; Title 63, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 63, Chapter 9.

Urges the Commissioner of the Department of Health to designate Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias as a public health issue.

As enacted, classifies certain types of records received by the department of health or the attorney general and reporter from the recipients or applicants of a certificate of public advantage for a cooperative agreement issued under the Hospital Cooperation Act of 1993 as not subject to disclosure under the public records law. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 13.

As enacted, requires health care prescribers to issue prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances electronically by July 1, 2020, with certain exceptions; establishes other provisions regarding electronic prescriptions. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

As enacted, requires a prescriber to provide certain information prior to prescribing more than a three-day supply of an opioid or an opioid dosage that exceeds a total of a 180 morphine milligram equivalent dose to a woman of childbearing age. - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 63.

As enacted, requires that an amendment to the existing TennCare II waiver be submitted to the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services (CMS) authorizing the bureau of TennCare to create reasonable work and community engagement requirements for able-bodied working age adult enrollees without dependent children under the age of six. - Amends TCA Title 71.

As enacted, requires, in cases where an ultrasound is performed as part of an examination prior to an abortion, the person who performs the ultrasound to offer the woman the opportunity to learn the results of the ultrasound; requires, if ultrasound is performed, that report of abortion indicate whether or not a heartbeat was detected. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2.

As enacted, specifies that a healthcare provider must not be required to pay the portion of the risk sharing payment that is attributable to the increased cost of pain relief services under any payment reform initiative involving the use of episodes of care with respect to TennCare, if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 71.

As enacted, revises the notice that must be provided to a patient who is determined to have dense breasts or extremely dense breasts based on a mammogram. - Amends TCA Title 63.

As enacted, requires the Tennessee advisory committee on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to perform a study of the potential, overall effects of creating a grant and loan program administered by the department of economic and community development to encourage the financing and development of food desert relief enterprises that sell fresh food in low-income, underserved areas of this state. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 67, Chapter 4 and Title 67, Chapter 6.

As enacted, revises various provisions relative to public assistance. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 1, Part 1; Section 71-3-104; Section 71-3-105; Section 71-5-314 and Section 71-5-316.

As enacted, enacts the "Down Syndrome Information Act of 2018". - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

Encourages the bureau of TennCare to seek an appropriate federal Section 1115 demonstration waiver in order to expand access to evidence-based home visitation services to the families of babies with neonatal abstinence syndrome or related conditions; encourages seeking additional funding opportunities for the home visitation programs.

As introduced, requires the commissioner of health to study issues related to responses by health insurance entities and healthcare providers to the implementation of the Tennessee Prescription Safety Act of 2016, Chapter 1002 of the Public Acts of 2016; requires the commissioner to report the findings and any recommendations arising out of the study to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate on or before January 15, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 71.

As enacted, redefines "trauma service codes" for purposes of the Tennessee Trauma Center Funding Law of 2007. - Amends TCA Section 68-59-102.

As enacted, requires that a waiver amendment to the existing TennCare II waiver that requires elective abortion providers be excluded from participation as providers in the TennCare program be submitted to the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services for approval. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71.

As enacted, permits the direct administration of buprenorphine mono or buprenorphine without the use of naloxone as a treatment for substance use disorder under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 10; Title 53, Chapter 11 and Title 63.

As enacted, enacts the "Long-Acting Birth Control Information Act." - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

As enacted, revises and expands provisions governing suspension of admissions to certain healthcare facilities under certain circumstances; revises other provisions governing healthcare facilities. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

As introduced, designates the department of finance and administration instead of the department of health as the department required to administer the Medical Assistance Act. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71.

As enacted, requires the department of health to recognize ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) receiving and STEMI referring hospitals; requires ambulance services to develop and implement pre-hospital care protocol plans related to the assessment, treatment, and transport of STEMI heart attack patients; enacts related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11 and Title 68, Chapter 140.

As enacted, authorizes a pharmacist in this state to dispense, in good faith, to a patient without proper authorization or a valid prescription the number of dosages of a prescription drug necessary to allow the patient to secure proper authorization or a valid prescription from the patient's prescriber; limits the amount of a prescription drug dispensed under this amendment to a 20-day supply. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 58 and Title 63, Chapter 10.

As enacted, revises terminology used to describe the relationship of physicians to advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants; specifies that a licensed physician with whom a physician assistant collaborates has the duty to assure that the activities of the physician assistant are appropriate; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 53; Title 55; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

As enacted, requires district attorneys general to annually report the number of reports of a person who appeared to be suffering from or to have been the victim of female genital mutilation to the senate judiciary committee and the criminal justice committee of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39; Title 63 and Title 68.

As introduced, reduces the time period from 30 to 15 days for an enrollee or applicant for medical assistance to mail documentation of a material change affecting the enrollee or applicant's TennCare application. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71.

As enacted, adds community mental health centers to definition of healthcare organization in order to add them to quality improvement committees. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68.

August 2018, "Shingles Awareness and Improvement Month"

As introduced, excludes physicians from prohibition on referring prescriptions to pharmacies in which they own an interest for prescriptions that are not Schedule II controlled substances. - Amends TCA Title 63.

As introduced, raises from $500 to $1,000 the upper limit of a civil penalty that may be charged per day of continued activity or operation against any person who performs, offers to perform, or holds out as performing any activity for which a certificate of need is required, without first obtaining a valid certificate of need. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 63 and Title 68.

As introduced, requires the commissioner of mental health and substance abuse services to study issues relating to the need for revisions to statutes governing mandatory outpatient treatment in light of the experience of the pilot project concerning assisted outpatient treatment under Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 33-6-624 and to report the findings and recommendations of the study to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate on or before January 15, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 33.

As introduced, specifically makes the use of generic drugs pursuant to the Tennessee Affordable Drug Act of 2005 applicable to the TennCare program. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 10 and Title 71, Chapter 5.

As introduced, requires the department of human services to request approval from the federal department of agriculture to require that EBT cards for food stamps have a photo of the head of household; if approval granted, requires department of human services to replace all EBT cards to have photograph within 12 months of approval. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 3.

As introduced, requires the commissioner of health to study and report on recommendations for legislation concerning telehealth and telemedicine under existing statutes to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate by January 15, 2018. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 63.

As introduced, adds consultation with the bureau of TennCare to the provision authorizing the commissioner of health to request early completion of the joint annual report of statistical particulars relative to a hospital's patients or special reports. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

As introduced, directs the commissioner to provide a report of suggested legislative changes to the Post-Mortem Examination Act to the health committees of the senate and the house of representatives, the judiciary committee of the senate, and the criminal justice committee of the house of representatives by February 1, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7, Part 1.

As introduced, requires the department, in collaboration with the department of health, to create a pilot program that permits military medical veterans to practice under the supervision of a licensed physician or podiatrist. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 58.

As introduced, exempts facilities that are exclusively devoted to the practice of ophthalmology from the certificate of need requirement. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 16.

As introduced, directs the commissioner of health to study issues related to healthcare access and healthcare status of populations affected by the implementation of the teledentistry amendments made by Chapter 918 of the Public Acts of 2016; the commissioner shall report the findings and any recommendations arising out of the study to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate on or before January 15, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 63.

As introduced, directs the commissioner of health to study issues related to healthcare access and healthcare status of populations affected by the implementation of the Addiction Treatment Act of 2015, Chapter 396 of the Public Acts of 2015; the commissioner shall report the findings and any recommendations arising out of the study to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate on or before January 15, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.

As introduced, requires that a prescriber's written recommendation of a controlled substance be deemed to be a prescription for the substance. - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 63.

As introduced, enacts "The Lovin Law," which requires facilities having a capacity for occupancy of at least 500 people to have at least one functional AED for emergency use at all functions open to the public; requires LEAs to have at least one AED in each school. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68.

As introduced requires the commissioner of health to develop guidelines for testing for opioids for the treatment of chronic pain that are consistent with federal guidelines developed by the centers for disease control and prevention (CDC) as those guidelines relate to baseline drug testing and periodic follow up testing. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

As introduced, requires a prescriber to provide certain information about the risks of opioids and options for contraception prior to prescribing opioids to women of childbearing age. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.

As introduced, enacts the "Infant Mortality Reduction Program Act," which creates a program for the distribution of baby boxes to parents at the birth of their child. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 36; Title 37; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71.

As introduced, exempts long-term caregivers from work requirements under the food assistance and temporary assistance to needy families programs. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71.

As introduced, requires the commissioner of health to study and report on recommendations for legislation concerning telehealth and telemedicine under existing statutes to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate by January 15, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

As introduced, clarifies statutes of limitations for the filing of medicaid estate recovery claims by the bureau of TennCare. - Amends TCA Title 30 and Section 71-5-116.

As introduced, requires prescribers to check the controlled substances database prior to each prescription of one of the controlled substances that triggers a check of the database. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 10, Part 3.

As introduced, requires the commissioner of health to revise the recommended treatment guidelines for prescribing opioids to reflect specialty specific guidelines for board certified specialty physicians by September 30, 2017 and annually thereafter. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1.

As enacted, creates a process for requesting a reconsideration of cause of death determination on a death certificate; encourages county medical examiners who suspect that suicide is potential manner of death to consult the decedent's treating mental health professional. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7 and Title 68, Chapter 3.

As enacted, revises definitions related to practice of chiropractic; changes requirements related to composition, powers, and duties of the board of chiropractic examiners. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 4.

As enacted, requires the executive director of the commission on aging and disability to establish within the commission a public guardian working group; requires background checks for persons who volunteer in a position that involves providing direct contact with or direct responsibility for a service recipient in facility or service licensed under the Mental Health, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and/or Treatment, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, and Personal Support Services Licensure Law; revises and adds other provisions regarding vulnerable persons. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 34; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45; Title 47; Title 68 and Title 71.

As enacted, creates the state palliative care and quality of life task force. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 63 and Title 68.

As enacted, prohibits any person from using the title "registered surgical assistant" unless such person is registered with the board of medical examiners as a registered surgical assistant; requires the board to register as a registered surgical assistant any applicant who presents satisfactory evidence that the applicant meets certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

As enacted, authorizes the department of health to establish a prescription drug donation repository program. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

As enacted, authorizes a nursing home to participate in a drug donation repository program until such time as the board for licensing health care facilities promulgates rules to effectuate such participation. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.

As enacted, authorizes a healthcare provider to satisfy one hour of continuing education requirements in exchange for one hour of volunteer healthcare services. - Amends TCA Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Infants Protection Act," which prohibits abortion of a viable fetus except in a medical emergency and requires testing to determine viability if a woman is at least 20 weeks pregnant. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2.

As enacted, requires the emergency medical services board to establish standards for a community paramedic through promulgation of rules. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 3.

As enacted, changes references to the professional relationship between physicians and advanced practice registered nurses and certified nurse practitioners from "supervisory" to "collaborative". - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

As enacted, specifies that the practice of veterinary medicine does not include massage therapy to animals, which means the manipulation of the soft tissues of the animal body with the intention of positively affecting the health and well-being of the animal. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71.

As enacted, repeals obsolete miscellaneous sanitary regulations for workshops, which includes any house, room, or place when used for the purpose of carrying on any process of making or altering, for sale or for wages, any coats, vests, trousers, knee pants, overalls, cloaks, shirts, waists, purses, feathers, artificial flowers, or cigars, or any wearing apparel of any kind whatsoever, intended for sale. - Repeals l TCA Title 68, Chapter 15, Part 1.

As enacted, expands the licensure requirement for adult day care providers to include those who provide service to five or more, instead of 10 or more, adult recipients. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 12; Title 49; Title 68 and Title 71.

As enacted, excludes independent living facilities from regulation by the board for licensing health care facilities; sets inspection schedule for certain healthcare facilities at three years from the last inspection instead of 15 months; clarifies medication administration authority in residential homes for the aged. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-201; Section 68-11-204 and Section 68-11-210.

As enacted, authorizes physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurse midwives who are advanced practice registered nurses to treat minors with sexually transmitted diseases to the full extent of the person's authority, including the authority to prescribe and dispense drugs relating to a sexually transmitted disease. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

As introduced, requires the commissioner of health to report to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate by January 1, 2018, on the impact of the treatment guidelines developed pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-1-401, on the abuse of opioids in this state; the commissioner shall also make appropriate recommendations for any needed additional legislation to address issues raised by opioid abuse. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 49; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Public Safety Behavioral Health Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 50; Title 58; Title 63 and Title 68.

As introduced, expands the offense of aggravated stalking to include a person who commits stalking against a victim who is at least 65 years of age when the person stalking is 15 or more years younger than the victim. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3 and Title 71, Chapter 6.

As enacted, requires the board of podiatric medical examiners to establish a registration process for certain residents continuing their clinical education; authorizes a licensed orthotist or prosthetist to utilize one or more non-licensed persons to assist in the performance of minor repairs on devices that have been previously dispensed to patients and the performance of other tasks approved by the board. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 3.

As introduced, revises the board of dentistry's annual reporting requirements to make the board's annual report to the governor due no later than September 1. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 5.

As enacted, allows chiropractic physicians to enter into a direct primary care agreement with an individual patient or the patient's legal representative. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1, Part 5.

As enacted, enacts the "Program Integrity Act of 2017," which establishes certain requirements for benefit eligibility. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 1 and Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 3.

As enacted, authorizes a physician to provide peripartum analgesia and peripartum care to a minor who is at least 14 years of age without the knowledge or consent of a parent. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6.

As introduced, requires authentication of orders from physicians given by electronic means in the same manner that verbal orders are currently authenticated. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

As introduced, requires the commissioner to report to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate by January 15, 2018, on the geographic distribution and program adequacy of treatment resources for persons affected by substance abuse. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 49; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

As enacted, establishes the Tennessee council on autism spectrum disorder. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68.

As introduced, changes the definition of "uninsured patient" to include an inmate who does not have health care coverage under medicare, TennCare, a contract or insurance, or an employer-sponsored health plan during the period of the inmate's incarceration. - Amends TCA Title 41 and Title 68.

As introduced, requires certain amounts of work, community service, education, or job-seeking activities for recipients of food assistance (SNAP) unless certain exemptions apply. - Amends TCA Title 71.

As enacted, clarifies that quality improvement committees apply to osteopathic doctors; updates references to the repealed Tennessee Peer Review Act of 1967. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 32, Part 1; Title 63, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 2; Title 63, Chapter 9, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2.

As introduced, directs the commissioner of health, in consultation with the bureau of TennCare, to study and to report to the senate health and welfare committee, the senate finance, ways and means committee, the health committee of the house of representatives, and the finance, ways and means committee of the house of representatives, on or before January 15, 2018, concerning options for developing a transformation plan for financially vulnerable rural hospitals that would facilitate moving those hospitals to a more sustainable operations model. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 68 and Title 71.

As introduced, adds nurse practitioner, with concussion training who is a member of a health care team supervised by a Tennessee licensed M.D. or D.O., as a permissible health care provider who can authorize a youth athlete to return to play after the athlete suffered a head injury. - Amends TCA Section 68-55-501.

As introduced, makes private act metropolitan hospital authorities that operate Level I trauma centers subject to an audit by the state comptroller with a hearing on the audit by the joint government operations committees of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7, Chapter 57; Title 8 and Title 68.

As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Lactation Consultant Practice Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 63 and Title 68.

As introduced, authorizes food service establishments to permit bare hand contact with ready-to-eat foods unless it is shown that the contact presents a verifiable risk to public health or safety. - Amends TCA Section 68-14-704.

As enacted, changes terminology from "medication aides certified" to "medication aide"; revises training and other requirements for medication aide program. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 7 and Title 68.

As enacted, revises provisions relating to the qualifications of an applicant for a license to practice medicine; authorizes the board of medical examiners to issue certain temporary licenses to practice medicine. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6.

As enacted, creates a task force to study issues related to healthcare services; specifies that the task force will make a report and cease to exist by January 10, 2017. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 7.

As enacted, amends the provisions governing X-ray equipment operators. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 2.

As enacted, establishes requirements regarding the disposition of aborted fetuses and fetal tissue, including reporting requirements and requirements for interim inspections of and certain reporting by facilities where surgical abortions are performed. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2 and Title 68.

As enacted, clarifies that the consent required of a woman in order for medical experiments, research, or the taking of photographs upon her aborted fetus must be in writing; allows the taking of photographs of the aborted fetus without the woman's consent if it is done for the purpose of capturing images that the person reasonably believes depict evidence of a violation of a state or federal law, rule, or regulation. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2; Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 2; Title 68, Chapter 3 and Title 68, Chapter 30.

As enacted, requires the commissioner to submit a report to the health and welfare committee of the senate and the health committee of the house concerning the feasibility of a pilot program for one county that seeks to address overcrowding in jails and correction institutions by providing diversionary or transitional services that include mental health services and supports, substance abuse treatment and counseling, health care, and employment and housing supports. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 40; Title 41; Title 50 and Title 71.

As enacted, extends the nursing home assessment by one year; revises certain long-term care provisions. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71.

As enacted, redefines "traumatic brain injury residential home"; requires that any TBI residential home currently operating be licensed by the board for licensing healthcare facilities by January 1, 2017. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-201 and Section 68-11-273.

As enacted, enacts the "Annual Coverage Assessment of 2016" and continues the hospital payment rate corridors applicable to payments by managed care organizations to hospitals for services provided to TennCare enrollees established by 2015 annual coverage assessment. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5 and Chapter 276 of the Public Acts of 2015.

As enacted, encourages TBI to develop an activation card for law enforcement use in connection with the missing citizen alert program to help locate missing citizens who have wandered due to dementia or physical impairment. - Amends TCA Section 38-6-121.

As enacted, permits a physician or osteopathic physician to prescribe, order, or otherwise distribute, for the purpose of treating binge eating disorder, a drug that is approved by the FDA for that indication. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6.

As enacted, authorizes a qualified physician assistant to evaluate and provide care to a youth athlete who suffered, or is suspected to have suffered, a concussion or head injury during the course of a school youth athletic activity. - Amends TCA Section 68-55-501.

As enacted, authorizes a licensed podiatrist to supervise a physician assistant or an orthopedic physician assistant; requires compliance with certain statutory requirements and administrative rules; enacts other provisions related to such supervision. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 19 and Title 63, Chapter 3.

As enacted, enacts the “Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Compact.” - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 68, Chapter 140.

As enacted, requires the commissioner of health to encourage public health organizations, the medical community, the department of education, the department of labor and workforce development, the department of general services, and other relevant stakeholders to examine the asthma prevention protocols posted on the web site of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and related information; requires the commissioner to include on the department of health web site the Internet links to the protocols to better assist people affected by environmental illnesses and multiple chemical sensitivities. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 50; Title 63 and Title 68.

As enacted, revises the provisions governing the dispensing of an opioid or benzodiazepine by a physician practice that provides healthcare services. - Amends TCA Title 63.

As enacted, declares that no person providing counseling or therapy services will be required to counsel or serve a client as to goals, outcomes, or behaviors that conflict with the sincerely held principles of the counselor or therapist; requires such counselor or therapist to refer the client to another counselor or therapist; creates immunity for such action; maintains liability for counselors who will not counsel a client based on the counselor's religious beliefs when the individual seeking or undergoing the counseling is in imminent danger of harming themselves or others. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49 and Title 63.

As enacted, enacts the "Maternal Mortality Review and Prevention Act of 2016". - Amends TCA Title 68.

As enacted, specifies that a person who authorizes the practice of teledentistry will be deemed to be practicing dentistry and subject to requirements governing dentistry; requires dentists who deliver services using teledentistry to establish protocols for the practice; enacts other provisions governing teledentistry. - Amends TCA Title 63.

As enacted, creates a special joint committee to study issues relative to lupus. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

Encourages state agencies and their contractors to donate excess, apparently wholesome food to nonprofit organizations that provide assistance to food-insecure people in the state.

As enacted, makes various changes to the disclosures, background checks, and training required for child care agencies, including requiring volunteers to disclose any criminal history and be subject to criminal history records checks. - Amends TCA Section 71-3-502 and Section 71-3-507.

As enacted, extends current moratorium on certificates of need for new nursing home beds until June 30, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11.

As enacted, authorizes law enforcement officers to administer epinephrine in emergency situations in certain circumstances; authorizes physicians to prescribe epinephrine to a law enforcement agency for use by officers in emergency situations; adds immunity from civil liability for pharmacists based on any injury to an individual who is harmed by the administration of the epinephrine dispensed by the pharmacist and prescribed by a physician pursuant to this bill, unless the pharmacist acts with reckless disregard for safety. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 63 and Title 68.

As enacted, adds provisions regarding those qualified to be a medical laboratory director or a medical laboratory supervisor. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 29.

As enacted, authorizes certain entities to stock epinephrine auto-injectors on their premises; authorizes employees, agents, and laypersons to provide or administer an epinephrine auto-injector under certain circumstances; requires the secretary of state to provide any rule promulgated to implement this act to the chairs of the health committee of the house and the health and welfare committee of the senate after approval by the attorney general at the same time that the rule is to be made available to the government operations committees. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 68, Chapter 140.

Urges the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service to reverse or revise the zip code reclassifications for Medicare payment for ambulance services.

As introduced, deletes the current autism spectrum disorder task force and replaces it with the Tennessee council on autism spectrum disorder. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68, Chapter 1.

As introduced, sets limits on the use of factors not under the control of a physician in determining reimbursement in an alternative payment system. - Amends TCA Title 71.

As introduced, redefines "passive investor" for purposes of determining liability in a healthcare liability action from any entity that has an ownership interest in a healthcare provider but that does not directly participate in the day-to-day decision making or operations of the healthcare provider to any entity that has an ownership interest of less than five percent in a healthcare provider. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 26.

As enacted, expands the categories of missing citizens for whom a media alert is sent; changes name of program from "missing citizen alert program" to "Care Alert program". - Amends TCA Section 38-6-121.

As enacted, clarifies and adds to certain reporting and rulemaking functions of the commission on aging and disability. - Amends TCA Section 71-2-104 and Section 71-2-105.

As introduced, establishes medication therapy management as a component of the TennCare program. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 10 and Title 71, Chapter 5.

As enacted, expands eligibility for new and vacated beds in ICF/MR facilities to individuals from the home- and community- based services waivers and the waiting list for individuals with intellectual disabilities under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Section 71-5-105(b)(2).

As enacted, requires healthcare providers to provide certain women at risk of contracting cytomegalovirus (CMV) with information concerning CMV; specifies that there is no liability for failure to comply with the requirement to provide the information. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

As introduced, requires that documents of anatomical gifts made after July 1, 2016, specify whether the gift includes specific body parts or the entire body; requires certain notices by hospitals and nursing homes. - Amends TCA Section 55-50-352 and Title 68.

As introduced, clarifies that nothing in the rules regarding rights of nursing home residents, patients, and members of the public regarding nursing homes creates a private cause of action or permits a class action suit; declares that a class action proceeding shall not be permitted under the law regarding adult protection services. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 9 and Section 71-6-120.

As introduced, exempts assisted-care living facilities with 15 or fewer residents, that accept only private pay or private insurance clients, and is located in a county with a population of 50,000 or less from rules promulgated by the board for licensing health care facilities concerning sprinkler systems and employing qualified dieticians. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11.

As introduced, reduces the allowable travel distance for certain medical services covered by managed health insurers. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71.

As enacted, creates the "Nurse Licensure Compact." - Amends and repeals portions of TCA Title 4 and Title 63, Chapter 7.

As introduced, adds certain addiction specialists certified by the American board of addiction medicine to list of those physicians who may be a pain management specialist for a pain management clinic. - Amends TCA Section 63-1-301.

As introduced, revises provisions governing fetal tissue obtained as a result of a medical or surgical abortion. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2 and Title 68, Chapter 30, Part 1.

As introduced, requires the bureau of TennCare to annually report in writing to the chair of the health and welfare committee of the senate and the chair of the health committee of the house concerning the impact of 2014 Public Chapter 926, which extends Medicaid eligibility to inmates in certain circumstances, on the TennCare program, correctional facilities, and inmates. - Amends TCA Title 41 and Title 71.

As introduced, revises the reporting requirements for abortions. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2; Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 2 and Title 68, Chapter 3.

As introduced, raises the certificate of need thresholds for modifications for hospitals and other facilities and for certain healthcare services; caps an applicant's examination fee at $5,000. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68.

As introduced, extends period for filing written reports on applications for certificates of need by reviewing agencies, from 60 days to 75 days. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71.

As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Lactation Consultant Practice Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 63 and Title 68.

As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Nursing Delegation Act for Home and Community Living," which authorizes a registered nurse to delegate certain health maintenance tasks to an unlicensed person if the nurse adheres to a delegation process; limits liability of such nurses and unlicensed persons. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 71.

As introduced, reestablishes the select oversight committee on TennCare. - Amends TCA Title 3.

As introduced, changes time within which uninsured or uninsurable TennCare enrollees must provide documentation of material changes of information disclosed in their initial application for TennCare coverage from 30 days to 15 days. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

As introduced, moves root planing, periodontal maintenance, and administering local anesthesia and nitrous oxide by dental hygienists from direct to general supervision; adds certain prescriptive authority; authorizes use of teledentistry with dental hygienists in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 5.

As introduced, requires the commissioner of health to report annually to the general assembly concerning each instance of access to medical records under 2015 Public Chapter 154 in response to an immediate threat to the public health; requires the commissioner to notify the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house when records access is requested under that statute. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Healthcare Improvement Act of 2015" to establish physician-led patient care teams to oversee the practice of advanced practice registered nurses. - Amends TCA Title 24; Title 49; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

As introduced, requires that an ultrasound be performed prior to an abortion, with an exception for medical emergencies. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15; Title 63, Chapter 6; Title 63, Chapter 9 and Title 68, Chapter 11.

Childhood apraxia of speech awareness.

As introduced, clarifies that the prohibition on offering or accepting money or anything of value for an aborted fetus includes the tissue or body parts from an aborted fetus. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2.

As introduced, creates an exception to the prohibition against prescriptions of opioids or benzodiazepines in quantities greater than a 30-day supply when certain conditions are met; if an exception applies, the prescription quantity may not be greater than a 90-day supply. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 11, Part 3.

As introduced, repeals requirement that the general assembly must authorize by joint resolution any expansion of optional enrollment in the medical assistance program, pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. - Repeals TCA Section 71-5-126.

As introduced, establishes a program to facilitate the development of stroke treatment capabilities in hospitals and other healthcare settings in the state. - Amends TCA Title 68.

As enacted, requires, in certain circumstances, local government officials to be notified within 10 days when a certificate of need application is filed for a nonresidential substitution-based treatment center for opiate addiction; allows local government officials to testify at hearing conducted by the health services and development agency related to certificate of need applications. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 16.

As enacted, revises various provisions of the Hospital Cooperation Act of 1993, including provisions governing appeal by a person aggrieved by a decision of the department of health. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 13.

As enacted, implements 48-hour waiting period on procuring an abortion; establishes requirements for informed consent; provides medical emergency exception. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 10, Part 3; Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2; Title 63, Chapter 6; Title 63, Chapter 9 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2.

As enacted, requires that persons with intellectual disabilities on the waiting list for services be enrolled in the self-determination waiver when their caregivers attain the age of 80. - Amends TCA Title 33, Chapter 5.

As enacted, requires facilities or physician offices where more than 50 abortions are performed in a calendar year to be licensed as ambulatory surgical treatment centers. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11.

As enacted, prohibits recipients of public assistance benefits from using an EBT card at a tobacco retailer to purchase certain tobacco products; prohibits tobacco retailers from permitting the purchase of tobacco products or nicotine products with an EBT card; requires the department of human services to notify public assistance recipients of this prohibition. - Amends TCA Section 71-3-126.

As enacted, enacts the "Opioid Abuse Reduction Act," which requires the department of mental health and substance abuse services to convene a working group to examine the problem of opioid abuse in this state. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71.

As enacted, enacts the "Addiction Treatment Act of 2015." - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 53; Title 56 and Title 63.

As enacted, requires the commissioner of health to establish policies for the release of HIPAA compliant limited-use data sets. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 1.

As enacted, extends the tax on intermediate care facilities; changes references from "intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded (ICF/MR)" to "intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICF/IID)". - Amends TCA Section 68-11-830.

As enacted, enacts the "Annual Coverage Assessment Act of 2015." - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5 and Chapter 877 of the Public Acts of 2014.

As enacted, exempts certain drop-in centers providing short-term care from the child care agency licensure requirements of the department of human services by removing the requirement that such a center be operated by a not-for-profit corporation in order to be exempt. - Amends TCA Title 71.

As enacted, extends the Nursing Home Assessment Trust Fund by one year, to terminate on June 30, 2016; increases the aggregate amount of assessments from 4.5 percent in present law to 4.75 percent; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71.

As enacted, requires DIDD to adopt policies and procedures regarding the development of appropriations requested for family support; requires, unless the commissioner determines an exigent circumstance exists, DIDD to seek the state family support council's input prior to adopting certain policies and procedures; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 33, Chapter 5.

As enacted, revises provisions governing a certificate as a specialist. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 5.

As enacted, classifies the financial exploitation by a caretaker of an adult as a Class D felony; requires the district attorney to freeze the assets of anyone charged with taking property valued at $5,000 or more until the criminal proceedings are complete. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14; Title 40 and Title 71, Chapter 6, Part 1.

As enacted, extends the elder abuse task force from January 15, 2015, to January 15, 2016. - Amends TCA Title 71 and Chapter 961 of the Public Acts of 2014.

As enacted, upon request by the commissioner of health or commissioner's designee, requires that commissioner or designee be given certain access to medical records in order to facilitate investigations and inquiries when responding to an immediate threat to public health. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 3.

As enacted, adds defined terms and rulemaking authority concerning the registry of persons who have abused, neglected, or misappropriated the property of vulnerable individuals; increases from 30 days to 60 days the time within which placement on the registry may be appealed based on administrative error. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 10.

As enacted, authorizes TennCare to provide medical assistance for sickle cell disease management services and public education campaign activities specifically related to sickle cell disease. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.

As enacted, adds dry needling to scope of practice of a physical therapist. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 13.

As introduced, requires pharmacies contracting with TennCare to post in a conspicuous place seen by pharmacists and pharmacy technicians a printed notice regarding reporting TennCare fraud and abuse. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 10 and Title 71, Chapter 5.

As enacted, deletes the Intractable Pain Act. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.

As introduced, adds to statement of purpose for the private act metropolitan hospital authorities statute that hospitals are being forced to compete while delivering quality care in an accountable manner. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 57.

As introduced, establishes certain disclosure and information and data reporting requirements regarding assisted reproductive technologies. - Amends TCA Title 36.

As introduced, caps the bureau of TennCare and any managed care organization's reimbursement to hospitals for providing healthcare services by creating a ceiling limiting reimbursement to 100 percent of the allowable charge under Medicare. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.

As introduced, establishes within the department of human services a task force for vocational rehabilitation services for the blind. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71, Chapter 4, Part 6.

As introduced, increases from $50.00 to $100 the per diem for members of the board of chiropractic examiners; replaces the secretary of the board's monthly salary of $100 with the same per diem as other board members. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 4.

As introduced, directs the commissioner to develop a plan for ensuring that 90 percent of pregnant women in this state have access to prenatal care and to report findings to the health committee of the house and the health and welfare committee of the senate by February 1, 2016. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71.

As introduced, requires certain state officials and agencies to ensure that entities providing services under the long-term care system are similarly regulated. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 68 and Title 71.

Expresses support for Medicare and opposes any cuts to benefits.

As introduced, requires the bureau of TennCare to report annually an accounting of the amount paid to MCOs under the CHOICES program in the prior fiscal year and the amount paid by MCOs for long-term care services in that same fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 71.

As introduced, prohibits the bureau of TennCare from imposing certain requirements on nursing facility providers as vendors of the TennCare program unless certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 68 and Title 71.

As introduced, for purposes of a certificate of need application, requires that a free-standing emergency department be located no more than 50 miles from its sponsoring hospital. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11.

As enacted, creates an autism spectrum disorder task force to study and make recommendations to the general assembly regarding ways to improve access to programs and services for early screening, diagnosis, and treatment of autism spectrum disorders in this state. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 68.

As enacted, revises provisions governing personal responsibility plans in regard to receipt of temporary financial aid to require attendance at certain school conferences and parenting classes and participation in certain support services. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 1.

As enacted, revises provisions governing the controlled substance database. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 10.

As enacted, makes various changes to regulation of prescription drugs; prohibits health care prescribers from dispensing opioids and benzodiazepines, with certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 3; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 53 and Title 63.

As enacted, authorizes the certification of registered nurse first assistants. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 7.

As enacted, enacts the “Tennessee Patient Safety Cosmetic Medical Procedures Act". - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 4 and Title 63.

As enacted, revises provisions governing a public benefit conveyance transaction. - Amends TCA Title 48; Title 67 and Title 68.

As enacted, changes the scope of practice for psychologists to include forensic evaluation, parent coordination, and telepsychology. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 11.

As enacted, authorizes prescribers to dispense a sample of a non-narcotic Schedule V controlled substance in a quantity limited to an amount that is adequate to treat the patient for a maximum of 14 days. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 53; Title 63; Chapter 336 of the Public Acts of 2013 and Chapter 880 of the Public Acts of 2012.

As enacted, adds to the information each board regulating a provider must collect and provide to the department of health in order for the department to create individual profiles on licensees, the name of the supervising physician of a nurse practitioner who holds a certificate of fitness and of a physician assistant; revises related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 67.

As enacted, authorizes diversion grants. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 1.

As enacted, establishes requirements for obtaining identification when certain drugs are dispensed. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 11, Part 3.

As enacted, revises duties and authority of EMS personnel in regard to the provision of certain care and treatment; specifies that a provider of EMS is not authorized to function as a home care organization. - Amends TCA Title 68.

As enacted, authorizes community mental health centers and federally qualified health centers to employ physicians, except anesthesiologists, emergency department physicians, pathologists or radiologists. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6.

As enacted, requires the department to develop an optical examination waiver form to permit any patient diagnosed with alzheimer's disease, alzheimer's related dementia, or vascular dementia, to obtain lenses, spectacles, eye glasses, or optical devices using an expired prescription when such patient's disease or dementia would preclude the patient from undergoing an optical examination. - Amends TCA Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

As introduced, specifies circumstances under which a nursing home may divide and relocate a portion of its licensed beds (each being a qualified partial relocation). - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11.

As introduced, requires owners and operators of automated teller machines to disable their machines from accepting electronic benefit transfer cards in locations of certain kinds of businesses. - Amends TCA Title 71.

As introduced, removes the termination date of the department of health's pilot program authorizing county clerks to issue certified copies of birth certificates; deletes the provision making the pilot program applicable to only certain counties. - Amends TCA Section 68-3-206.

As enacted, authorizes certain health care providers to place a copy of a patient's controlled substances database report in the patient's medical record; authorizes controlled substances database committee to disclose certain aggregate unidentifiable personal data from the database for educational outreach purposes. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 10, Part 3.

As introduced, requires persons with intellectual disabilities on the waiting list for services to be enrolled in the self-determination waiver when their caregivers attain the age of 75. - Amends TCA Title 33, Chapter 5.

As introduced, removes procedure for certifying dental specialties and the exemption from educational specialization designations for dental-related education programs. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 5.

As introduced, directs the commissioner of economic and community development, in consultation with the commissioner of health to study issues relating to “food deserts” and the lack of access to healthy food in rural areas of this state; requires report to the general assembly by January 15, 2015. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 53 and Title 68.

As introduced, specifies that policies implemented by the commissioner of health to expeditiously determine eligibility for long-term care services may include development of specialized units or teams for determination of Medicaid eligibility for nursing facility services. - Amends TCA Title 71.

As enacted, revises pharmacy practices of local health departments; grants commissioner of health certain rulemaking authority. - Amends TCA Section 63-10-205.

As introduced, authorizes medical laboratories that are attached to hospitals to share the reports of examinations of human specimens with the patient in an electronic health record through the hospital's portal as well as the ordering health care provider. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 29.

As introduced, creates the "Koozer-Kuhn Medical Cannabis Act". - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 2; Title 39; Title 43; Title 53, Chapter 11; Title 63 and Title 68.

As introduced, changes the maximum period of eligibility for temporary assistance to needy families from 60 to 36 months. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 1.

As introduced, deletes the Intractable Pain Treatment Act. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.

As introduced, requires that managed care organizations pay nursing facilities the Medicaid per diem rate that was in effect at the time services are rendered and not when the claim is submitted. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71.

As introduced, deletes "dispensing" language from definition of a pain management clinic, due to such clinics being prohibited by Chapter 336 of the Public Acts of 2013 from dispensing controlled substances other than limited samples. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 10; Title 53, Chapter 11 and Title 63, Chapter 1.

As introduced, reduces from six months to two months the maximum period for filling or refilling a prescription for a Schedule III or IV substance; and reduces from five to four the maximum number of times a prescription for a Schedule III or IV substance may be refilled. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 11.

As introduced, enacts the "Kenneth and Madge Tullis, JD, Suicide Prevention Training Act of 2014," which requires certain health professionals to complete suicide assessment and prevention training. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68.

As introduced, requires local government approval of issuing a certificate of need for a methadone clinic within the territorial jurisdiction of that local government. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 53, Chapter 10; Title 53, Chapter 11; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68, Chapter 11 and Title 71.

As introduced, authorizes commissioner of health and commissioner of agriculture to prohibit persons from wearing saggy pants when they work in food preparation or service. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 8 and Title 68, Chapter 14.

As introduced, requires the reduction of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) payments for parents or caretakers of TANF recipients whose children fail to maintain satisfactory progress in school. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 1.

As enacted, requires the department to investigate certain actions of fraud, theft or misconduct in department programs. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapters 1, 3 and 5.

As introduced, clarifies that health related boards shall assess a state regulatory fee on licensees. - Amends TCA Title 4.

As introduced, requires health care providers in certain health care facilities to ask patients whether they wish to be tested for HIV/AIDS. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

As introduced, requires contracts between residents and assisted-care living facilities; establishes requirements to be addressed in those contracts. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11.