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SB2299 - 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.
Ken Yager, Rusty Crowe, Page Walley
Last updated 6 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, clarifies what constitutes a "home care organization" relative to law regulating health facilities and resources. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 14; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
STATUS
Passed
SB2298 - 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.
Rusty Crowe
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, adds the legislative librarian as a party to which the department of health must submit an annual report based on data received by a county or district health department that operates a needle and hypodermic syringe exchange program, including the number of people served, number of needles, syringes, and supplies dispensed and returned to the program, number of naloxone kits distributed, and the number and type of treatment referrals provided. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 14; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2421 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 12-10-109 and Title 42, relative to parking fee exemptions for military service members and veterans.
Rusty Crowe
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, exempts certain motor vehicles from parking fees at airports in this state if the vehicle displays a disabled veteran or military award license plate. - Amends TCA Section 12-10-109 and Title 42.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2419 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 71, relative to TennCare.
Rusty Crowe
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, enacts "Emma's Bill," which requires that when making a determination of medical necessity, the bureau shall take into consideration the patient's overall condition and use such overall condition as a factor to determine the level of funding and what medical items and services the patient receives, even if such determination does not result in the least costly course of diagnosis or treatment. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2296 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 63, relative to incentivizing physicians to provide health services in underserved areas.
Rusty Crowe, Ken Yager
Last updated 6 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, authorizes the department to contract with a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that maintains a principal office in this state and that is affiliated with a nonprofit membership organization composed of family physicians, family medicine residents, and medical students in this state for the nonprofit organization to administer some or all portions of the family medicine student loan repayment program. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 63.
STATUS
Passed
SB2300 - 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.
Rusty Crowe
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As enacted, requires, for practical nursing programs offered by a public institution of higher education, a minimum of 1,296 clock hours or an equivalent number of credit hours. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 14; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
STATUS
Passed
SB2295 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 63, relative to incentivizing physician assistants to provide health services in underserved areas.
Rusty Crowe
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, establishes a physician assistant student loan repayment grant program to incentivize physician assistants to provide health services in health resource shortage areas. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 63.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2420 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36; Title 8, Chapter 37 and Title 49, relative to reemployment after retirement.
Rusty Crowe
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, permits retired members of the TCRS to work in excess of the 120-day limit and continue to draw a person's retirement allowance if the person is employed in a public school system as a substitute teacher, a teacher, or a school bus driver and the respective director of the school system certifies that no other qualified personnel are available for the position during that period. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36; Title 8, Chapter 37 and Title 49.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2422 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 6, Chapter 51, Part 1 and Title 13, Chapter 7, relative to municipal government.
Rusty Crowe
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As enacted, requires notices relating to annexation or municipal zoning to be published, posted, or mailed 21 days, rather than 15 days, prior to the public hearing on the annexation or zoning; requires the annexing municipality to provide notice of annexation to property owners whose property is within 200 feet of the territory being annexed; requires signs that inform viewers of the proposed annexation to be posted in and around the area being annexed. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51, Part 1 and Title 13, Chapter 7.
STATUS
Passed
SB2292 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 49; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to buprenorphine.
Rusty Crowe
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, changes the date, from February 15 to February 1, that an annual report on use of medication-assisted treatment for opiate addiction is due in each year after 2024. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 49; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
STATUS
Introduced
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