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All 46,882 Active 613 In committee 15,301 Passed 6,763 Signed 22,173 Failed 3,369

passed · Tennessee · Senate May 1, 2024

SB 1887: Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes bullying and cyber-bullying offenses subject to the same penalties as harassment; requires an officer to make a report of bullying and notify a parent or guardian when victim is a minor. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 49.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 797

passed · Tennessee · Senate May 1, 2024

SB 1313: Health Care - As enacted, makes changes to the law regarding costs of reproduction, copying, or mailing of certain medical records. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Section 63-2-102.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 737

passed · Tennessee · Senate May 1, 2024

SB 1779: Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, provides that, if an incapacitated or deceased patient has no authorized representative, the patient's next of kin will be treated as an authorized representative for the patient for the purposes of obtaining the patient's hospital records. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 739

passed · Tennessee · Senate May 1, 2024

SB 1769: Mental Illness - As enacted, enacts "Jillian's Law," which makes various changes relative to being adjudicated as a mental defective or judicially committed to a mental institution, including requiring a person judicially committed to remain committed until the competency of the person to stand trial is restored or, if competency is unable to be restored but the person no longer meets the standard, until the court with criminal jurisdiction over the charges approves a mandatory outpatient treatment plan that accounts for the safety of the community. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 784

passed · Tennessee · Senate May 1, 2024

SB 2222: Criminal Offenses - As enacted, establishes that it is unlawful for a person to intentionally initiate or circulate a report of a past, present, or impending active shooter and hostage situation, knowing that the report is false or baseless if certain information is known at the time. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 794

passed · Tennessee · Senate May 1, 2024

SB 2093: Public Records - As enacted, establishes the official policy for the maintenance of records by the department of tourist development. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 22 and Title 10, Chapter 7.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 740

passed · Tennessee · Senate May 1, 2024

SB 2591: Planning, Public - As enacted, makes certain revisions to the "Neighborhood Preservation Act." - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 6.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 796

passed · Tennessee · Senate May 1, 2024

SB 1983: Eminent Domain - As enacted, establishes generally that a condemner bears the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence certain facts relative to public use; grants the property owner a right to have a court of competent jurisdiction determine if the taking is necessary to accomplish the public use. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 17.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 748

passed · Tennessee · Senate May 1, 2024

SB 2011: Opioids - As enacted, authorizes TennCare to adopt or amend a state preferred drug list (PDL) without rulemaking; requires TennCare to ensure that reimbursement is provided to a healthcare provider who provides a non-opioid treatment to a recipient under the medical assistance program; requires TennCare to ensure that a hospital that provides services to a recipient is reimbursed under the medical assistance program for medically necessary non-opioid treatment; prohibits a managed care organization or other health insurance issuer from denying coverage of a non-opioid prescription drug in favor of an opioid prescription drug when a healthcare prescriber, instead of a licensed physician, prescribes a non-opioid medication for the treatment of acute or chronic pain. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 762

passed · Tennessee · Senate May 1, 2024

SB 2148: Consumer Protection - As enacted, requires financial institutions and insurers to make determinations about the provision or denial of services based on certain analysis; prohibits financial institutions and insurers from denying or canceling services to a person, or otherwise discriminating against a person, based upon certain factors, including the person's political opinions, speech, or affiliations, or religious beliefs, religious exercise, or religious affiliations. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 45; Title 47 and Title 56.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 746

passed · Tennessee · Senate May 1, 2024

SB 1874: Health Care - As enacted, clarifies, for the purposes of regulation of health and related facilities, what constitutes "home health services." - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 741

passed · Tennessee · Senate May 1, 2024

SB 2495: Probation and Parole - As enacted, requires a probation officer to set required in-person meetings at times and locations that reasonably accommodate the work schedule of the probationer; authorizes the probation officer to utilize a technology portal for communication with the probationer in place of an in-person meeting upon approval from the department of correction. - Amends TCA Title 40.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 760