Health Care - As enacted, adds nonopioid medicinal drugs or drug products, occupational therapy, and interventional procedures or treatments to the alternative treatments that must be disclosed and explained by a healthcare practitioner to a patient or the patient's legal representative as a prerequisite to obtaining informed consent to treatment with an opioid. - Amends TCA Section 63-1-164.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House Passage
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 27, 2020
Signed Mar 19, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 24, 2020 · House Mar 5, 2020
How they voted
29–0
Passed
Total votes 29
Feb 24, 2020
D
Democratic3
100% Yea
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
33
Key actions
12
Committee
11
Amendments
1
Mar 19, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
upper
Mar 5, 2020
Amended
Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0559)
upper
Mar 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0
lower
Feb 26, 2020
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/27/2020
lower
Feb 25, 2020
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Feb 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0500)
upper
Feb 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0
upper
Feb 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
upper
Feb 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
upper
Feb 19, 2020
Committee
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/25/2020
lower
Feb 12, 2020
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/19/2020
upper
Feb 12, 2020
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Mental Health & Substance Abuse Subcommittee for 2/19/2020
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Committee
Assigned to s/c Mental Health & Substance Abuse Subcommittee
lower
Jan 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Committee
P2C, ref. to Health Committee
lower
Jan 29, 2020
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
upper
Jan 29, 2020
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Ask Maddy
·
AI policy assistant
Ask Maddy about HB 1917
Scope: TN
Hi! I can help you understand HB 1917. What would you like to know?
Try one of these
i
Maddy answers using official bill text and legislative records. Always verify before sharing.
Sources cited inline