Sponsored (introduced) — Historical

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SB 1155 TennCare - As introduced, reestablishes the TennCare advisory commission. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71. Died
SB 735 Taxes, Sales - As introduced, separates the 5 percent tax on unprepared food into a 5 percent tax on fresh produce and meat and a 5 percent tax on all other unprepared food. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6. Died
SB 184 DNA and Genetic Testing - As introduced, states that the board of medical examiners is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to administer the Genetic Counselors' Licensing Act. - Amends TCA Title 63. Died
SB 2077 Guardians and Conservators - As introduced, lowers age from 60 to 40 for adults with disabilities to be eligible for public guardianship; makes various changes to statutory language to reflect expansion beyond elderly persons. - Amends TCA Title 34, Chapter 7 and Title 71, Chapter 2. Died
HB 1995 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, requires all hospitals no later than January 1, 2019, to have a written policy in place that allows a patient who stays at the hospital to have the option of having self-administered medications given during the patient's stay at the hospital billed either through the hospital or through the patient's insurance carrier. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. Died
HB 290 TennCare - As introduced, reestablishes the TennCare advisory commission. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71. Died
HB 289 DNA and Genetic Testing - As introduced, states that the board of medical examiners is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to administer the Genetic Counselors' Licensing Act. - Amends TCA Title 63. Died
HB 1989 Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, requires that a prescriber's written recommendation of a controlled substance be deemed to be a prescription for the substance. - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 63. Died
HJR 701 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Expresses serious concern and reservation about the implementation of the episodes of care component of the payment reform initiative. - Died
HB 2117 Guardians and Conservators - As introduced, lowers age from 60 to 40 for adults with disabilities to be eligible for public guardianship; makes various changes to statutory language to reflect expansion beyond elderly persons. - Amends TCA Title 34, Chapter 7 and Title 71, Chapter 2. Died
SB 1963 Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, requires a life, accident, hospitalization, or health insurance company doing business in this state that solicits applications or offers for contracts or contracts of insurance primarily by internet to provide at least one office for the handling of claims in Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, or Chattanooga. - Amends TCA Title 56. Died
HB 2263 Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, requires a life, accident, hospitalization, or health insurance company doing business in this state that solicits applications or offers for contracts or contracts of insurance primarily by internet to provide at least one office for the handling of claims in Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, or Chattanooga. - Amends TCA Title 56. Died
HJR 65 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Supports use of government-approved marijuana plant products for medicinal purposes if approved by physician based on medical evidence. - Died
SB 412 Day Care - As introduced, requires licensed child care agencies to test for radon once every five years; agencies must provide proof of radon testing prior to application for initial or renewal licensure. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 5, Part 5; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 11 and Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5. Died
HB 1990 TennCare - As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to study the implementation of episodes of care concerning the implementation of bonuses and penalties within episodes of care with attention to the equity of the system with respect to providers and its relationship to costs associated with independent actors within individual episodes of care; the comptroller shall report on or before January 15, 2019, to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. Died
SB 2455 Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, extends, from 20 days to 30 days after the date the division of property assessments publishes notice of the availability of the proposed use value schedule in a newspaper, the deadline by which a petition must be filed by owners of agricultural, forest, or open space land to convene a hearing of the state board of equalization. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 10. Died
SB 2585 TennCare - As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to study the implementation of episodes of care concerning the implementation of bonuses and penalties within episodes of care with attention to the equity of the system with respect to providers and its relationship to costs associated with independent actors within individual episodes of care; the comptroller shall report on or before January 15, 2019, to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. Died
HB 905 Guardians and Conservators - As introduced, provides that all proceeds by the district public guardian for costs and compensation when a disabled person does not qualify for SSI benefits must be kept by the district public guardian to support the ongoing operations of that respective district public guardian. - Amends TCA Section 34-7-104. Died
HB 904 Taxes, Sales - As introduced, separates the 5 percent tax on unprepared food into a 5 percent tax on fresh produce and meat and a 5 percent tax on all other unprepared food. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6. Died
SB 2570 Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, requires that a prescriber's written recommendation of a controlled substance be deemed to be a prescription for the substance. - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 63. Died
SB 810 Guardians and Conservators - As introduced, provides that all proceeds by the district public guardian for costs and compensation when a disabled person does not qualify for SSI benefits must be kept by the district public guardian to support the ongoing operations of that respective district public guardian. - Amends TCA Section 34-7-104. Died
HB 2563 Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, extends, from 20 days to 30 days after the date the division of property assessments publishes notice of the availability of the proposed use value schedule in a newspaper, the deadline by which a petition must be filed by owners of agricultural, forest, or open space land to convene a hearing of the state board of equalization. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 10. Died
HB 334 Chiropractors - As enacted, allows chiropractic physicians to enter into a direct primary care agreement with an individual patient or the patient's legal representative. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1, Part 5. Enacted
HJR 1298 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Michaela Hudson, Salutatorian, Greenbrier High School - Enacted
HB 1991 Animal Control - As enacted, gives agencies that operate shelters from which animals are adopted or reclaimed the option of using the forfeited spay/neuter deposit fund to defray operational expenses of programs the agency operates, provided the agency has a forfeited deposit fund balance of at least the total of the last six months of forfeited deposits collected. - Amends TCA Section 44-17-503. Enacted