HB1550 - Tennessee - Hospitals And Health Care Facilities, Medical Occupations, Medicine, Practice Of, Physicians And Surgeons

Companion Bill SB0335. Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - Requires certain advance notification to patients under certain circumstances when patient treatment records are scheduled for destruction. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 2, Part 1; Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 3. Fiscal Summary for HB1550 / *SB0335(Corrected) Increase State Expenditures - $206,300 Recurring $27,300 One-Time Increase State Revenues - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB1550 / *SB0335 Under present law, a hospital must retain and preserve records that relate directly to the care and treatment of a patient for a period of 10 years following the discharge of the patient or the patient's death during the patient's period of treatment within the hospital. This bill requires a hospital to give at least 30 days' [...]

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