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SB1885 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 67-4-2007 and Section 67-4-2014, relative to for-profit hospital entities.
Edward S. Jackson
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, permits all for-profit hospital corporations to file combined franchise and excise tax returns. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-2007 and Section 67-4-2014.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1884 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to healthcare facilities.
Edward S. Jackson
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, requires a government-owned hospital or health system to submit a report to the health facilities commission disclosing certain information on administrative bonuses or salary increases and any disbursements and contractor costs on an annual basis and prior to asking for public funds or ending services; requires the health facilities commission to post reported information from government-owned hospitals or health systems on its public website. - Amends TCA Title 68.
STATUS
Introduced
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
SB1955 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to assisted-care living facilities.
Edward S. Jackson
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, permits assisted-care living facilities with approval from the board for licensing healthcare facilities to comply with a requirement to post information in the facility by making such information available on an electronic screen clearly visible to residents and the public. - Amends TCA Title 68.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1883 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 71-5-148, relative to the health care safety net for uninsured.
Edward S. Jackson, John Stevens, Ken Yager
Last updated 8 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, expresses the intent that the department of finance and administration, in coordination with the departments of health and mental health and substance abuse services, give priority to efforts that facilitate the expansion of a health care safety net to the uninsured that also supports federally designated rural health clinics using a sliding fee scale payment model. - Amends TCA Section 71-5-148.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2231 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63 and Title 68, relative to health care.
Edward S. Jackson
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, replaces the current requirements to qualify for employment as a surgical technologist with successful completion of a nationally accredited surgical technology program recognized by the Health Facilities Commission. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2230 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to medical laboratory operations in a hospital setting.
Edward S. Jackson, Rusty Crowe, Page Walley
Last updated 4 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to rural hospital-based laboratories. - Amends TCA Title 68.
STATUS
Passed
SB2514 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 16; Title 38 and Chapter 237 of the Public Acts of 2023, relative to crimes against children.
Jon C. Lundberg, Edward S. Jackson
Last updated 6 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, adds the short title "The Gabby Act" to Chapter 237 of the Public Acts of 2023, which requires district attorneys general to designate one assistant district attorney general as the lead prosecutor in cases involving crimes committed against children and requires the Tennessee bureau of investigation to provide annual training to assistant district attorneys designated as lead prosecutors in crimes committed against children. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 38 and Chapter 237 of the Public Acts of 2023.
STATUS
Passed
SB2537 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7, relative to grants.
Edward S. Jackson
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, requires that grants provided by the department to provide assistance to distressed counties and communities in this state require a 10-percent match of funds raised locally, which may include public and private funds. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2536 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 41, Chapter 2, relative to persons convicted of a criminal offense.
Edward S. Jackson, John Stevens
Last updated 4 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, allows a prisoner of a county workhouse or jail to be released from custody on work release or otherwise allowed to leave the grounds of the county workhouse or jail for employment or to perform work in the community, whether paid or unpaid, without using an electronic monitoring device if the judge of the sentencing court and the sheriff of the county where the jail or workhouse is located approve the prisoner's release in writing. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 2.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from Tennessee district SD-025
COMMITTEES
Tennessee Senate
BIRTH
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Edward S. Jackson is affiliated with Good Shepherd Episcopal Church serving on the Parish Budget and Finance Committee. He grew up in Baltimore City and served as a public school teacher. He earned his bachelor's degree in History. He and his wife, Dayatra, have two children and live in the Brightwood Community of Northwest Washington, DC. He served as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner and President of the Brightwood Community Association. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Police Boys and Girls Clubs.read less
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