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SB1794 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to health care.
Becky Duncan Massey
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, removes reference to an outdated address for the National Society of Genetic Counselors, at which a copy of the code of ethics may be obtained and, instead, refers to the address listed on the website. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1793 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 9, relative to medication administration.
Becky Duncan Massey
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As enacted, allows unlicensed persons who have completed a competency-based training program, and who are employed by certain personal support service agencies licensed under law relative to mental health, substance abuse, and intellectual and developmental disabilities, to administer certain medications to individuals who are incapable of self-administration in the individual's home; prohibits administration of certain medications by unlicensed persons. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 9.
STATUS
Passed
SB1881 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 56-7-1003, relative to telemedicine.
Becky Duncan Massey, Janince Bowling, Ken Yager
Last updated 4 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, removes from the definition of "provider-based telemedicine" the requirement that the healthcare service provider or the provider's practice group or healthcare system have an established provider-patient relationship that is documented by an in-person encounter within 16 months prior to the interactive visit; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Section 56-7-1003.
STATUS
Passed
SB1882 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, relative to property taxes.
Becky Duncan Massey, Richard M. Briggs, Ken Yager
Last updated 4 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, authorizes a charitable nonprofit corporation located in Knox County or within a municipality located within Knox County that acquires replacement property which is operated as a licensed residential home for the aged, to claim and file a property tax exemption as a religious, charitable, scientific, or nonprofit educational institution. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.
STATUS
Passed
SJR0811 - A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Beth Chiles of Nashville.
Heidi Campbell, Raumesh A. Akbari, London P. Lamar
Last updated 8 months ago
32 Co-Sponsors
Beth Chiles
STATUS
Enrolled
SB2116 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, relative to criminal offenses.
Becky Duncan Massey, Edward S. Jackson, Paul Rose
Last updated 4 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, enacts the "Ben Kredich Act," which, for the purpose of proving a person violated state law relative to driving under the influence of an intoxicant, establishes that evidence that the person was suspected to be impaired secondary to the sedative or otherwise intoxicating effects of a controlled substance, and was administered within 24 hours prior to the alleged violation, an opioid antagonist for an opioid-related overdose, creates a presumption that the defendant's ability to drive was sufficiently impaired by the substance that caused the opioid-related overdose to constitute a violation of state law, and authorizes a first responder who administers an opioid antagonist to an individual experiencing an opioid-related overdose to provide information on the risks associated with driving for a 24-hour period following administration. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.
STATUS
Passed
SB1936 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, relative to healthcare providers.
Becky Duncan Massey, Ken Yager
Last updated 4 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to international medical school graduates applying for and utilizing special licenses. - Amends TCA Title 63.
STATUS
Passed
SB2117 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to group homes.
Becky Duncan Massey, Ken Yager, Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated 4 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, defines a home for the aged that houses three or fewer nonrelated persons as a tier 1 home for the aged that is subject to licensure and regulation by the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities; defines a home for the aged that houses four or more nonrelated persons as a tier 2 home for the aged that is subject to licensure and regulation by the health facilities commission; makes other related changes to the meaning of a home for the aged. - Amends TCA Title 68.
STATUS
Passed
SB2188 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29; Title 49 and Title 54, relative to transportation.
Becky Duncan Massey
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As enacted, prohibits a governmental entity or local board of education from extending the immunity to governmental tort liability to persons providing school-related transportation services to a local board of education; requires agreements to compel sufficient limits for tort liability exposures related to providing such services as evidenced by a certificate of insurance that has the local board of education listed as an additional insured. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 49 and Title 54.
STATUS
Passed
SB2187 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 57-4-102, relative to alcoholic beverages.
Becky Duncan Massey
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, deletes a redundant definition of the term "commission," as that term is already defined title-wide in § 57-3-101. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Tennessee district SD-006
COMMITTEES
Tennessee Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Becky Duncan Massey is a Republican member of the Tennessee State Senate, representing District 6. Massey earned her BS in Marketing from Carson-Newman University in 1992. She has served as a Knox County Commissioner (2006-2012) and on the Board of Knox County Schools (2012-2020). In the Tennessee State Senate, Massey serves as Chair of the Senate Government Operations Committee. Some of her legislative priorities include education, mental health, and issues affecting working families.read less
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Tennessee Senate from Tennessee
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