Sponsored (introduced) — Historical

Briggs, Richard · 174 bills · page 1 of 7

HB 542 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 1883 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, permits registration plates to be renewed every 24 months instead of 12 months. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4 and Title 55, Chapter 6. Died
SB 115 School Vouchers - As introduced, allows a student who was denied admittance to the individualized education account (IEA) program for the 2016-2017 school year because the student was not previously enrolled in a Tennessee public school the two semesters preceding the semester with an IEA to enroll in the program, if the student has the required disability and had an IEP at a Tennessee public school during the 2015-2016 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14. Died
HB 1044 Liens - As introduced, provides that a prime contractor's lien is forfeited if the final decision of a suit brought for its enforcement is not delivered within two years from the lienor bringing the suit to enforce the lien; authorizes the court to hold any party that unduly delays or extends the action to enforce such a lien liable for the injured party's expenses incurred as a result of the delay or extension. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 6 and Title 66, Chapter 11. Died
SB 840 Veterans - As introduced, allows disabled veterans to vote absentee. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 6. Died
HB 1897 Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, requires proportionate representation on certain municipal electric utility boards; requires direct payment of tax equivalent amounts to the taxing jurisdictions in the various counties in which a municipal utility's electric plant is located under certain circumstances; eliminates exemptions from the manner in which tax equivalent amounts are directed to certain taxing jurisdictions. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65 and Title 67. Died
SB 1413 Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation - As introduced, requires the commissioner of mental health and substance abuse services to report to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate on or before January 15, 2018, concerning any restrictions and requirements from the federal department of health and human services imposed by federal law on substance abuse treatment programs that the department of mental health and substance abuse services contracts with or operates in order to provide treatment services. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. Died
HB 1548 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 665 Education - As introduced, requires all LEA personnel to verify that the LEA's policy on use of the internet has been read prior to accepting an employment contract or at the renewal of an employment contract. - Amends TCA Title 49. Died
HB 1468 Taxes, Sales - As introduced, provides for a refund of state sales tax paid on expenditures to rehabilitate historic structures under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 11; Title 13 and Title 67. Died
SB 1881 TennCare - As introduced, reduces the time period from 30 to 15 days for an enrollee or applicant for medical assistance to mail documentation of a material change affecting the enrollee or applicant's TennCare application. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71. Died
HB 612 Real Property - As introduced, requires a seller of residential real property to disclose to the buyer the name and address of the fire department that provides services to the property or that no fire department provides such services, and the cost to obtain such services beyond the payment of property taxes; requires proof of disclosure at or before the closing. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 35; Title 62, Chapter 13 and Title 66. Failed
SB 1884 Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, revises requirements for mental health parity with medical health insurance statutes to require certain demonstrations of parity and reports from insurers. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71. Died
HB 479 Mental Illness - As introduced, requires the department of commerce and insurance to implement and enforce, and make an annual report by June 1 concerning the department's efforts to implement and enforce, federal and state statutes concerning mental health parity. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71. Died
SB 1374 Taxes, Sales - As introduced, requires the commissioner of revenue, no later than February 1, 2018, to report to the governor and the general assembly the state administrative costs for remitting sales and use taxes back to local governments in this state. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6. Died
SB 839 Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, revises requirements for mental health parity with medical health insurance statutes to require certain demonstrations of parity and reports from insurers. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71. Died
HB 1873 Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, revises requirements for mental health parity with medical health insurance statutes to require certain demonstrations of parity and reports from insurers. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71. Died
HB 696 Medical Occupations - As introduced, enacts the "Doctor of Medical Science Act." - Amends TCA Title 63. Failed
HB 1532 Taxes, Sales - As introduced, reduces the department of revenue's administration fee of 1.125 percent imposed on local governments for remittance of local option sales tax by 0.375 percent annually for the next three fiscal years. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6. Died
SB 814 Auctions and Auctioneers - As introduced, clarifies that extended listings or listings that allow a bidder to increase a bid beyond the original deadline are not timed listings; specifies certain requirements for sponsoring apprentice auctioneers. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 19. Died
HB 2459 Controlled Substances - As introduced, requires a prescriber to provide certain information about the risks of opioids and options for contraception prior to prescribing opioids to women of childbearing age. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68. Died
HB 871 Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation - As introduced, requires the department of commerce and insurance to develop a consumer and provider education campaign on mental health and alcoholism or drug dependence parity. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71. Died
HB 345 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, prohibits the death penalty as a punishment for defendants suffering from severe mental illness at the time of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40. Died
HB 1123 Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As introduced, prohibits candidates for public office and officials in the executive or legislative branch from soliciting gifts; requires disclosure to the ethics commission of a gift from a person who is not a lobbyist or an employer of a lobbyist that is accepted by a candidate or official in the executive or legislative branch. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 6. Died
HB 1096 Managed Care Organizations - As introduced, requires managed care organizations to submit an annual report detailing certain expenditures and credentialing decisions. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71. Died