Sponsored (introduced) — Historical

Crowe, Rusty · 168 bills · page 1 of 7

SB 1779 Education - As introduced, requires the commissioner of education to include in the department's annual report certain information about a traineeship and fellowship program for persons wanting to work in the education of students with disabilities. - Amends TCA Title 49. Died
HB 2598 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, requires the board of trustees of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system to transmit electronically a copy of its annual report regarding the fiscal transactions of the board for the preceding year to each member of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 25; Title 8, Chapter 27; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36 and Title 8, Chapter 37. Died
SB 2488 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, requires the board of trustees of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system to transmit electronically a copy of its annual report regarding the fiscal transactions of the board for the preceding year to each member of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 25; Title 8, Chapter 27; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36 and Title 8, Chapter 37. Died
SB 2367 TennCare - As introduced, requires the bureau of TennCare and its managed care organizations to accept a claim from a healthcare provider as being timely filed when the claim is filed within one year of the date of service; provides for review of a denial of a claim on that basis under the prompt payment requirements of the Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1986. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71. Died
SB 2371 Financial Responsibility Law - As introduced, requires department of safety to send person whose license is subject to suspension for failing to maintain liability insurance, notice of intent that the person's driver license will be suspended in 45 days, rather than in 30 days, for failing to comply with department's payment plan for reinstatement; extends, from 30 to 45 days following the date of such notice, the time within which the person has to request a hearing to show compliance with the department's payment plan. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 12; Title 55, Chapter 50 and Title 56. Died
HB 219 Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, specifies that semester hours earned in ROTC courses by ROTC students do not count toward the semester hour limitation for receipt of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship; excludes grades received in ROTC courses from the calculation of an ROTC student's grade point average for Tennessee HOPE scholarship purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. Died
SB 1307 Arbitration - As introduced, prohibits, with exceptions, an employer from requiring an employee or prospective employee who is a member of the Tennessee national guard or the uniformed services of the United States to waive certain rights or agree to binding arbitration of certain claims; requires a waiver or arbitration agreement executed by a service member employee to be knowing, voluntary, and recorded in a signed writing to be enforceable. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 29. Died
SB 2368 Public Defenders - As introduced, allows the executive director or the executive committee of the public defenders conference to approve a district investigator's additional relevant experience for purposes of awarding prior service credits for compensation. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14, Part 1. Died
SB 1295 Controlled Substances - As introduced, requires the commissioner of health to revise the recommended treatment guidelines for prescribing opioids to reflect specialty specific guidelines for board certified specialty physicians by September 30, 2017 and annually thereafter. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1. Died
HB 1789 Boards and Commissions - As introduced, deletes obsolete requirement that state boards and commissions report on the status of statutorily created apprenticeship programs in effect as of July 1, 2014. - Amends TCA Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68. Died
SB 1317 Firefighters - As introduced, specifies that present law prohibition against terminating employment of a volunteer firefighter who is absent or late to work due to responding to an emergency will apply to all days that the employee is responding to a declared state of emergency for eight or more hours per day. - Amends TCA Title 50 and Title 58. Died
HB 749 Veterans Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to establish the office of veteran comprehensive services coordination and grant administration to identify and provide financial grants to nonprofit veteran comprehensive service providers. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 58. Died
SB 1772 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, exempts dietary supplements from sales and use tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6. Died
HB 964 Local Education Agencies - As introduced, permits county boards of education in counties that have at least one city school system and a population of 120,000 or more to elect to establish the school board districts from which the members of the board are elected. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2. Died
HB 614 Health, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the commissioner of health to report to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate by January 1, 2018, on the impact of the treatment guidelines developed pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-1-401, on the abuse of opioids in this state; the commissioner shall also make appropriate recommendations for any needed additional legislation to address issues raised by opioid abuse. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 49; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. Died
SB 254 Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, increases the property value threshold for determining the extent of any property tax relief payments to disabled veterans and their surviving spouses from $100,000 to $175,000 of the full market value of the property for any veteran receiving property tax relief in 2014 or prior years and reapplying to receive a reimbursement for tax year 2017 and subsequent years without interruption. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5. Died
HB 2599 TennCare - As introduced, requires the bureau of TennCare and its managed care organizations to accept a claim from a healthcare provider as being timely filed when the claim is filed within one year of the date of service; provides for review of a denial of a claim on that basis under the prompt payment requirements of the Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1986. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71. Died
HB 2133 Auctions and Auctioneers - As introduced, repeals public automobile auctioneer licensure provisions thereby authorizing any otherwise qualified licensed auctioneer to operate a public automobile auction. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 17 and Title 62, Chapter 19. Died
SB 1319 TennCare - As introduced, clarifies statutes of limitations for the filing of medicaid estate recovery claims by the bureau of TennCare. - Amends TCA Title 30 and Section 71-5-116. Died
SB 2050 Auctions and Auctioneers - As introduced, repeals public automobile auctioneer licensure provisions thereby authorizing any otherwise qualified licensed auctioneer to operate a public automobile auction. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 17 and Title 62, Chapter 19. Died
SB 2047 Taxes, Sales - As introduced, exempts from sales and use taxes electrical hookup fees assessed by a marina. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6. Died
HB 771 Comptroller, State - As introduced, requires the comptroller to audit the division of health care finance and administration and department of commerce and insurance to review and account for all funds and activities associated with the payment reform initiative and report to the general assembly by January 10, 2018. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. Died
HB 2072 Public Defenders - As introduced, allows the executive director or the executive committee of the public defenders conference to approve a district investigator's additional relevant experience for purposes of awarding prior service credits for compensation. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14, Part 1. Died
SB 124 Military - As introduced, extends certain employment protections to members of the army and air national guards, state guards, and civil air patrols of other states consistent with protections that exist for members of the Tennessee air national guard, state guard, and civil air patrol. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 33; Title 50 and Title 58, Chapter 1. Died
HB 2453 Election Laws - As introduced, extends, from 50 days before a primary election to 25 days before a primary election, the deadline by which a person seeking a nomination through write-in ballots must notify the county election commission or the state coordinator of elections, as applicable. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 11; Title 2, Chapter 13; Title 2, Chapter 5 and Title 2, Chapter 8. Died