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signed · Tennessee · House Apr 19, 2017

HB 193: Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As enacted, clarifies that only those administrative judges and hearing officers in the executive branch are required to complete training conducted by the department of human resources, division of training, within six months of employment. - Amends TCA Section 4-5-324.

Effective date(s) 04/17/2017

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 19, 2017

HB 307: Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to develop, and the state board to adopt, rules to ensure the education of students incarcerated in detention centers licensed by the department of children's services by the LEA in which the detention center is located. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 5, Part 1; Title 37, Chapter 5, Part 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30.

Effective date(s) 04/17/2017

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 19, 2017

HB 435: Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, allows special occasion licensees to receive donated alcoholic beverages and beer; allows alcoholic beverage commission to issue citation for a retailer who fails to satisfy obligations to a wholesaler; makes various other revisions. - Amends TCA Section 57-1-108; Section 57-1-201; Section 57-3-101; Section 57-3-104; Section 57-3-411; Section 57-3-703; Section 57-3-704; Section 57-3-802; Section 57-3-805; Section 57-4-101; Section 57-4-102; Section 57-4-107; Section 57-4-201; Section 57-4-203 and Section 57-9-201.

Effective date(s) 04/17/2017

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 19, 2017

HB 471: Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, removes social security number from the information that a funeral establishment must include on the permanent identification device attached to a dead human body prior to interment and from the permanent identification device placed in the crematory urn before the remains are placed in the urn. - Amends TCA Section 62-5-313.

Effective date(s) 04/17/2017

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 19, 2017

HB 338: Health Care - As enacted, adds healthcare services provided to a patient at a public elementary or secondary school to the current definition of telehealth services for which health insurance entities are required to reimburse in a manner that is consistent with reimbursement for in-person encounters; requires that the public elementary or secondary school be staffed by a healthcare service provider and equipped to engage in such services. - Amends TCA Title 56; Section 63-1-155 and Title 71.

Effective date(s) 04/17/2017

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 19, 2017

HB 282: Equalization Board - As enacted, changes the standard of review for property tax appeals by limiting review to the record before the hearing examiner. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-1505 and Section 67-5-1506.

Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 19, 2017

SB 195: Health Care - As enacted, adds healthcare services provided to a patient at a public elementary or secondary school to the current definition of telehealth services for which health insurance entities are required to reimburse in a manner that is consistent with reimbursement for in-person encounters; requires that the public elementary or secondary school be staffed by a healthcare service provider and equipped to engage in such services. - Amends TCA Title 56; Section 63-1-155 and Title 71.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 130

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 19, 2017

HB 377: Courts, Administrative Office of the - As enacted, authorizes the administrative director to obtain a criminal history background check through the TBI and FBI on any applicant for employment; permits the administrative director to establish the job titles or classifications to which the background check requirement applies; and requires the office to pay for the cost of the background checks. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 3, Part 8.

Effective date(s) 04/07/2017

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 19, 2017

SB 198: Judges and Chancellors - As enacted, exempts retired judges from the duty to attend annual meetings of the state judicial conference. - Amends TCA Title 17, Chapter 3.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 131

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 19, 2017

HB 918: Education, State Board of - As enacted, requires the board to create an endorsement in computer science for all teachers who demonstrate sufficient content knowledge in the course material. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3 and Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 5.

Effective date(s) 04/07/2017

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 19, 2017

SB 1305: Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, requires that of the 10 hours of continuing education coursework required for renewal of licensure of funeral directors and embalmers, five of those hours must be attended in person, which means the coursework is either completed in the physical presence of the provider of the coursework or through an interactive virtual program that requires participants to confirm their presence during the program. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 5.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 154

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 19, 2017

HB 180: Local Government, General - As enacted, prohibits a local government from adopting or enforcing any ordinance, regulation, resolution, policy, or any other legal requirement that regulates or imposes a requirement upon an employer pertaining to employee scheduling, except when necessary to avoid creating a public or private nuisance. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51.

Effective date(s) 04/07/2017