HB 2545 Tennessee House · 113th Regular Session (2023-2024)

Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to rural hospital-based laboratories. - Amends TCA Title 68.

This bill updates Tennessee laws to better regulate medical laboratories located within hospitals, with specific provisions designed to support rural facilities. It creates a new role called "hospital-based laboratory supervisor" and allows these supervisors to oversee up to four laboratories if they are all in rural hospitals, whereas they can only manage one lab in urban settings. Additionally, the law permits a single hospital-based laboratory license to cover multiple off-site locations, provided those sites hold valid federal or state accreditation certificates. These changes aim to streamline oversight while maintaining safety standards for testing services provided to patients in emergency, inpatient, and outpatient care.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 31, 2024 Last action May 31, 2024
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Total actions
21
Key actions
11
Committee
15
Apr 17, 2024
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
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Apr 17, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/17/2024
lower
Apr 17, 2024
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Apr 17, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2024
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Apr 11, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/16/2024
lower
Apr 3, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/10/2024
lower
Apr 1, 2024
Committee
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
lower
Mar 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
lower
Mar 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/27/2024
lower
Mar 20, 2024
Committee
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee
lower
Mar 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/19/2024
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Mar 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/19/2024
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Mar 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/12/2024
lower
Feb 6, 2024
Committee
Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee
lower
Feb 1, 2024
Committee
P2C, ref. to Health Committee
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
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Brock Martin
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