Health Care - As introduced, removes an obsolete provision that required, on or before January 15, 2018, the commissioner of health, in consultation with the perinatal advisory committee and with the assistance of relevant state agencies, to report to legislative committees with jurisdiction over health care concerning aspects of births involving neonatal abstinence syndrome and opioid use by women of childbearing age. - Amends TCA Title 14; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

HB 740 removes an outdated reporting requirement from Tennessee law that expired in 2018. Specifically, it deletes a provision requiring the health commissioner to report to legislative committees about births involving neonatal abstinence syndrome and opioid use by women of childbearing age. This bill makes no new policy changes or affect any individuals or programs, as the original requirement had already lapsed years ago. It is purely a procedural cleanup to remove obsolete language from the Tennessee Code.