HB2157 - Tennessee: Claims Commission, Tennessee

Companion Bill SB1574. Claims Commission, Tennessee - Grants commission, its staff, and employees of division of claims administration access to reports of child abuse or child sexual abuse for purpose of determining if claim filed with commission based on facts in the record is compensable crime and whether claimant's injuries caused by such crime. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1. Fiscal Summary for HB2157 / *SB1574Increase State Expenditures - $30,000/Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund Bill Summary for HB2157 / *SB1574 Present law provides that records concerning reports of child sexual abuse are confidential and must not be disclosed. However, disclosure may be made to persons and entities directly involved in administration of the child sexual abuse laws and access to such records will be granted to certain [...]

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