SB3608 - Tennessee - Criminal Offenses, Pharmacy, Pharmacists, Tenncare

Companion Bill HB3292. Criminal Offenses - Clarifies that provisions of the TennCare fraud "doctor shopping" statute apply to physicians and other prescribing health care providers. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 56 and Title 71. Fiscal Summary for SB3608 / *HB3292MINIMAL Bill Summary for SB3608 / *HB3292 Under present law, it is a Class E felony criminal offense for any person to knowingly obtain, or attempt to obtain, or aid or abet any person to obtain, by fraudulent means, or in any unauthorized manner, controlled substance benefits by intentionally failing to disclose to a physician or other health care provider from whom the person obtains a controlled substance that the person received the same or a similar controlled substance from another practitioner within the previous 30 days and the person used TennCare to pay for either the clinical visit [...]

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