SJR 181 Tennessee Senate · 111th Regular Session (2019-2020)

General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Declares that prior authorization requirements from insurance providers should be removed when a healthcare professional provides or seeks to provide medication assisted treatment to a patient with a substance use disorder and declares substance use disorder and opioid use disorder should be insured in the same manner as other diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. -

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Apr 2019
Senate Passage
Apr 2019
House Passage
Apr 2019
Signed into Law
Apr 2019
Introduced Feb 7, 2019 Signed Apr 30, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Mar 14, 2019 · House Apr 22, 2019

How they voted

250
Passed
Total votes 25
Mar 14, 2019
D Democratic3
3 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican22
22 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
28
Key actions
16
Committee
14
Apr 30, 2019
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
upper
Apr 22, 2019
Lower · Passed
Concurred, Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1
lower
Apr 16, 2019
Upper · Passed
Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
upper
Apr 16, 2019
Upper · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
upper
Apr 10, 2019
Upper · Passed
Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/16/2019
upper
Apr 9, 2019
Upper · Passed
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee
upper
Apr 8, 2019
Upper · Passed
ref. Health Committee
upper
Apr 8, 2019
Committee
Assigned to s/c Public Health Subcommittee
upper
Apr 8, 2019
Upper · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Public Health Subcommittee for 4/9/2019
upper
Apr 1, 2019
Upper · Passed
Adopted as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0
upper
Apr 1, 2019
Committee
Rcvd. from S., ref. to Delayed Bill Committee
upper
Apr 1, 2019
Upper · Passed
Placed on cal. Delayed Bill Committee for 4/4/2019
upper
Mar 14, 2019
Upper · Passed
Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0074)
upper
Mar 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
upper
Feb 26, 2019
Upper · Passed
Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/5/2019
upper
Feb 26, 2019
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/5/2019
upper
Feb 19, 2019
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/26/2019
upper
Feb 11, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce & Labor Committee
upper
Feb 7, 2019
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Richard Briggs
Richard Briggs
RRepublican
TN
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