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SB0177 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, relative to maternal health services.
Becky Duncan Massey, Heidi Campbell, Jeff Yarbro
Last updated almost 2 years ago
4 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, requires TennCare to create and implement a three-year pilot program to provide remote maternal health services to eligible TennCare recipients; authorizes the TennCare director to seek a federal waiver as necessary to implement the pilot program. - Amends TCA Title 71.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0230 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, relative to medical assistance.
Jeff Yarbro
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, removes the requirement that the governor receive authorization by the general assembly prior to making any decision or obligating the state with regard to the expansion of optional enrollment in the medical assistance program. - Amends TCA Title 71.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0195 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 44, relative to shelter for dogs.
Jon C. Lundberg, Heidi Campbell, Jeff Yarbro
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, establishes standards for shelter that must be provided to dogs under animal cruelty laws. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 44.
STATUS
Passed
SB0284 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2, relative to the determination of intellectual disability of those sentenced to death.
Todd Gardenhire, Jeff Yarbro
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, establishes the procedure for the administrative office of the courts to issue payment to an expert who makes a court-ordered determination of intellectual disability in a person who has been sentenced to death prior to May 11, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2.
STATUS
Passed
SB0269 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 15, relative to Juneteenth.
Jack Johnson, Raumesh A. Akbari, Sara Kyle
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, changes the designation of June 19, known as "Juneteenth," from a day of special observance to a legal holiday. - Amends TCA Title 15.
STATUS
Passed
SB0292 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to exchange programs for needles and hypodermic syringes.
Richard M. Briggs, Ferrell Haile, Jeff Yarbro
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, applies on a statewide basis, rather than only in Nashville, Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Memphis, the distance parameter for the prohibition on needle and hypodermic syringe exchange programs being operated within 1,000 feet of a school or public park; removes the distance parameter of 2,000 feet that presently applies on a statewide basis outside those four cities; provided, however, that such a program established in Kingsport must not conduct an exchange within 2,000 feet of a school or public park. - Amends TCA Title 68.
STATUS
Passed
SB0228 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 71, relative to Medicaid postpartum coverage.
Jeff Yarbro
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, extends, from 60 days to 12 months, the period of postpartum coverage for pregnant women who meet certain medical assistance eligibility requirements in accordance with provisions of the American Rescue Plan. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71.
STATUS
Introduced
SJR0017 - A RESOLUTION to recognize Jim Hoobler on the occasion of his retirement.
Bo Watson, Randy McNally, Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated almost 2 years ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Jim Hoobler
STATUS
Passed
SB0533 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8; Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 9 and Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 8, relative to sick leave banks.
Ferrell Haile, Rusty Crowe, J. Adam Lowe
Last updated over 1 year ago
13 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, authorizes the grant of sick leave from a sick leave bank to a state employee to care for a sick minor child of the employee. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8; Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 9 and Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 8.
STATUS
Passed
SB0276 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 27 and Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8, relative to public employment benefits.
Jack Johnson, Ken Yager, Jeff Yarbro
Last updated over 1 year ago
12 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, makes various changes to present law pertaining to leave for state employees. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27 and Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8.
STATUS
Passed
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