Sponsored (introduced) — Historical

Terry, Bryan · 73 bills · page 2 of 3

SB 773 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, authorizes the department of transportation to include on its website construction locations on state highways and a map, updated daily, of areas of possible delay. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67. Died
SB 1507 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, requires the department of health to recognize St-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) receiving and STEMI referring hospitals; requires ambulance services to develop and implement a protocol for transporting STEMI patients to STEMI receiving hospitals; encourages cooperation between STEMI receiving and STEMI referring hospitals. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 1 and Title 68, Chapter 11. Failed
HB 796 Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, authorizes the commissioner of commerce and insurance to make available to healthcare providers on the department's website any prescribed claim form for reporting by healthcare providers. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71. Died
HB 2354 Physicians and Surgeons - As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to study the costs imposed on physicians by maintenance of certification requirements, how those costs affect the cost of healthcare services in this state, and what benefit, if any, healthcare consumers receive from such requirements; requires the comptroller to report the results of this study, along with any recommendations, to the health committee of the house of representatives and the senate health and welfare committee no later than January 15, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. Died
HB 145 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, requires authentication of orders from physicians given by electronic means in the same manner that verbal orders are currently authenticated. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68. Died
HB 2102 Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, requires annual reporting to the department of health of the number of oral prescriptions for schedule II controlled substances filled under the existing emergency situation exception to the general written prescription requirement. - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 63. Died
SB 176 Health Care - As introduced, increases the maximum civil penalty for operating without a certificate of need from $500 to $1000. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68. Died
HB 795 Education - As introduced, requires the department of education to provide a written report at least annually that details the evidence of validity in teacher evaluations, the areas needed for improvement, and efforts being made to improve validity. - Amends TCA Title 49. Died
SB 1175 Taxes, Franchise - As introduced, changes the statutory apportionment formula used to calculate franchise and excise taxes from a three-factor formula to a single-sales-factor formula for small businesses. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 20 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 21. Died
HB 2441 Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, requires identification of a physician licensed in this state and a meeting with the enrollee's physician when a claim is denied on the basis of medical necessity. - Amends TCA Title 56. Died
SB 2376 Physicians and Surgeons - As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to study the costs imposed on physicians by maintenance of certification requirements, how those costs affect the cost of healthcare services in this state, and what benefit, if any, healthcare consumers receive from such requirements; requires the comptroller to report the results of this study, along with any recommendations, to the health committee of the house of representatives and the senate health and welfare committee no later than January 15, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. Died
SB 2587 Education - As introduced, requires the dyslexia advisory council to submit its annual report to the education committee of the senate, the education administration and planning committee of the house of representatives, and the education instruction and programs committee of the house of representatives no later than December 31 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49. Died
SB 294 Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, adds misappropriations to list of defects that are absent from a clean Council on Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH) credentialing application. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 6 and Title 56, Chapter 7. Died
SB 190 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, requires authentication of orders from physicians given by electronic means in the same manner that verbal orders are currently authenticated. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68. Died
SB 913 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, requires the board for licensing health care facilities to report to the chair of the senate health and welfare committee and the chair of the health committee of the house of representatives on or before January 15, 2018, concerning the need for central service technicians to be regulated in order to provide certified sterile processing in hospitals and related institutions. - Amends TCA Title 68. Died
HB 799 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, authorizes the department of transportation to include on its website construction locations on state highways and a map, updated daily, of areas of possible delay. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67. Died
HJR 864 Memorials, Retirement - Chief Trey Nunley, Lascassas Volunteer Fire Department - Enacted
SB 1804 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, exempts certain supervisors, principals, and public school teachers from having to take an assessment to advance or renew a teaching license under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 5. Enacted
SB 2022 Health, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to accept allegations of opioid abuse or diversion and to publicize a means of reporting allegations of such; prohibits civil liability for or firing of a person who reports suspected abuse or diversion. - Amends TCA Title 50 and Title 63. Enacted
SB 154 Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, revises certain requirements governing pain management clinics and pain management specialists. - Amends TCA Title 63. Enacted
SB 2155 TennCare - As enacted, specifies that a healthcare provider must not be required to pay the portion of the risk sharing payment that is attributable to the increased cost of pain relief services under any payment reform initiative involving the use of episodes of care with respect to TennCare, if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 71. Enacted
SB 2019 Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, requires identification of a physician licensed in this state and a meeting with the enrollee's physician when a claim is denied on the basis of medical necessity. - Amends TCA Title 56. Died
SB 2099 Controlled Substances - As enacted, permits the direct administration of buprenorphine mono or buprenorphine without the use of naloxone as a treatment for substance use disorder under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 10; Title 53, Chapter 11 and Title 63. Enacted
HB 121 Education, State Board of - As enacted, authorizes rules and policies permitting the administration of medications for adrenal insufficiency in schools. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 63. Enacted
HR 137 Memorials, Interns - Dylan LaRocca - Died