SB3717 - Tennessee: Paternity

Companion Bill HB2964. Paternity - Requires paternity testing before a father can be listed on a birth certificate. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 7, Part 1; Title 36 and Title 68. Fiscal Summary for SB3717 / *HB2964Increase State Revenue - $229,500 FY09-10 and Thereafter Increase State Expenditures - $87,600 / One - Time $1,626,100 / Recurring Other Fiscal Impact - Increase Federal Expenditures - $1,089,000 Bill Summary for SB3717 / *HB2964 Present law requires birthing institutions to provide unwed mothers and, if present, biological fathers with information and forms for the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity. This bill replaces the requirement that birthing institutions provide voluntary paternity establishment services with a requirement that a genetic paternity test be performed on every child, regardless [...]

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