• 1. *HB2120 by Curcio. (SB2811 by .)
  Food and Food Products - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 8 and Title 68, Chapter 14. As introduced, defines a "mobile food unit" for the purposes of the Tennessee Food Safety Act; establishes certain state standards for mobile food units; prohibits local authorities from regulating mobile food units in certain manners.
  Summary exists for *HB2120
  

• 2. *HB2537 by Gant. (SB2511 by .)
  Medical Occupations - Amends TCA Title 63. As enacted, revises provisions governing collaborating physician review for certain health care professions.
  Summary exists for *HB2537
  

• 3. *HB1686 by Williams. (SB1749 by .)
  Health Care - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71. As enacted, establishes a respite care pilot program for caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's and related dementia.
  Summary exists for *HB1686
  

• 4. HB2447 by Williams. (*SB2218 by .)
  Physicians and Surgeons - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6. As enacted, designates as exempt from the requirements of state law on physician self-referrals any conduct or activity that does not violate, or that is protected by, federal law or rule on physician self-referral.
  Summary exists for HB2447
  

• 5. HB1903 by Alexander. (*SB1827 by .)
  Dentists and Dentistry - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 63, Chapter 5. As enacted, designates live, interactive webinars as in-person courses for the purposes of continuing education requirements.
  Summary exists for HB1903
  

• 6. *HB2535 by Alexander. (SB2574 by .)
  Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - Amends TCA Title 14 and Title 68, Chapter 11. As enacted, requires nursing homes and assisted-care living facilities to permit at least one family member or resident representative who meets certain conditions to visit a resident of the facility during end-of-life situations if a disaster, emergency, or public health emergency for COVID-19 has been declared.
  Summary exists for *HB2535
  

• 7. HB2545 by Alexander. (*SB2295 by .)
  Medical Occupations - Amends TCA Title 63. As enacted, makes various changes to the qualifications for certification as a medication aide by the board of nursing.
  Summary exists for HB2545
  

• 8. HB2778 by Alexander. (*SB2169 by .)
  Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - Amends TCA Title 14 and Title 68, Chapter 11. As introduced, requires hospitals to permit at least one family member or patient representative who meets certain conditions to visit a patient of the hospital during end-of-life situations if a disaster, emergency, or public health emergency for COVID-19 has been declared.
  Summary exists for HB2778
  

• 9. *HB2465 by Leatherwood. (SB2572 by .)
  Opioids - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1 and Title 68. As enacted, authorizes a healthcare prescriber to prescribe an opioid antagonist for purposes related to the potential for drug-related overdose, not just opioid-related overdose; permits certain government and non-governmental entities to prescribe and store an opioid antagonist for the purpose of providing the antagonist to a person at-risk of overdose or likely to assist a person experiencing overdose; makes various other changes regarding prescribing and usage of opioid antagonists.
  Summary exists for *HB2465
  

• 10. *HB2314 by Griffey. (SB2300 by .)
  Criminal Offenses - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 4. As introduced, expands the offenses of child abuse, child neglect, child endangerment, aggravated child abuse, aggravated child neglect, and aggravated child endangerment to include acts of abuse, neglect, and endangerment against an unborn child; defines an unborn child as an individual living member of the species, homo sapiens, throughout the entire embryonic and fetal stages of the unborn child from fertilization to birth.
  The Abstract summarizes HB2314 as introduced.
  

• 11. HB1897 by Hulsey. (*SB1843 by .)
  Controlled Substances - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 10; Title 53, Chapter 11 and Title 63. As introduced, requires employers of healthcare prescribers to report to the TBI and local law enforcement authorities, as well as the department of health, prescribers that acquire or attempt to acquire controlled substances by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception, or subterfuge.
  Summary exists for HB1897
  

• 12. HB2486 by Warner. (*SB2276 by .)
  Health Care - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 29; Title 33; Title 34; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. As introduced, changes the date by which TennCare must annually submit a report on quality and outcomes in perinatal care from March 1 to March 30.
  The Abstract summarizes HB2486 as introduced.
  

• 13. *HB2298 by Holsclaw. (SB2577 by .)
  Medical Occupations - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 17. As introduced, authorizes an individual without the educational equivalent of two years of accredited college coursework or NBC-HIS certification to apply for a hearing instrument specialist license if the individual has 10 years of experience working for an audiologist licensed in this state, with that experience being as an industrial hearing conservationist; a lab technician doing hearing aid repairs, hearing aid programming, loop installations, hearing aid analysis, and electronics repair; or other equivalent experience.
  The Abstract summarizes HB2298 as introduced.
  

• 14. HB2259 by Harris. (*SB2037 by .)
  Drugs, Prescription - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68. As introduced, requires a practitioner to discuss with a patient the risks associated with a Schedule II controlled, dangerous substance or other opioid pain reliever prior to the initial prescription and prior to the third prescription.
  Summary exists for HB2259
  

• 15. *HJR0742 by Powell.
  Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to the Constitution of Tennessee to establish a medical cannabis program.
  The Abstract summarizes HJR0742 as introduced.
  

• 16. *HB1971 by Dixie. (SB1930 by .)
  Health, Dept. of - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 37; Title 50; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. As introduced, establishes a grant program within the department to provide health care, child care support, workforce transition skills, and other benefits to new mothers.
  Summary exists for *HB1971
  

• 17. *HB2416 by Moody. (SB2281 by .)
  Abortion - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Abortion-Inducing Drug Risk Protocol Act."
  Summary exists for *HB2416
  

• 18. HB2857 by Kumar. (*SB2205 by .)
  Professions and Occupations - Amends TCA Section 68-11-239. As enacted, removes the requirement that the credentials held by a person to practice as a central service technician must have been administered by the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management or the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution, Inc.; allows an individual the option to obtain a certified sterile processing and distribution technician credential instead of a certified registered central service technician credential.
  Summary exists for HB2857
  

• 19. HB1960 by Hulsey. (*SB1884 by .)
  Public Health - Amends TCA Title 14 and Title 68. As enacted, removes TCA § 14-2-101, which prohibits COVID-19 vaccine mandates by governmental entities, schools, and local education agencies, and removes TCA § 14-1-101, which is the definitions to the Title 14 COVID-19 laws, from the application of the Title 14 termination date of July 1, 2023; effective July 1, 2023, deletes the 14-1-101 definitions except for those that relate to the prohibition on COVID-19 vaccine mandates for governmental entities.
  Summary exists for HB1960
  

• 20. *HB1871 by Hulsey. (SB1982 by .)
  Public Health - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 14; Title 50; Title 63 and Title 68. As enacted, prohibits governmental entities, local education agencies, schools, and private businesses from adopting or enforcing laws, rules, or practices that fail to recognize acquired immunity as providing a level of immune protection that is at least as protective as a COVID-19 vaccine or treat individuals with acquired immunity differently than individuals who have received the COVID-19 vaccine.
  Summary exists for *HB1871
  

• 21. HB2858 by Kumar. (*SB1789 by .)
  Public Health - Amends TCA Title 14. As enacted, removes references to conditions of participation from Medicare and Medicaid in the title definitions of "governmental entity" and "private business" that apply to certain statutes related to addressing COVID-19.
  The Abstract summarizes HB2858 as introduced.
  

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