HB1967 - Tennessee: Children, Drugs, Health, Dept. Of, Methamphetamine

Companion Bill SB1691. Methamphetamine - Creates the division of methamphetamine exposure detection in the department of health in order to detect and report to appropriate medical, legal, and child welfare personnel those children who have been exposed to methamphetamine. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 68. Fiscal Summary for HB1967 / *SB1691Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB1967 / *SB1691 This bill creates a division of methamphetamine exposure detection in the department of health and establishes a system for testing children in custody of the department of children's services for exposure to methamphetamine. This bill requires the department of children's services to take biological samples, such as hair or urine, from any child in the department's custody who the department believes [...]

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