HB3842 - Tennessee - Health Care, Medicine, Practice Of, Mental Illness, Psychologists

Companion Bill SB3938. Medicine, Practice of - Limits the amount of psychotropic drugs that may be prescribed to any patient by a non-psychiatrist prescriber for a duration of more than six weeks unless the patient undergoes a comprehensive psychological evaluation or a course of short-term psychological treatment. - Amends TCA Title 63. Fiscal Summary for *HB3842 / SB3938Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $358,600 Other Fiscal Impact - Increase Federal Expenditures - Exceeds $641,400 Bill Summary for *HB3842 / SB3938 This bill requires that any patient who is receiving more than one prescription of any psychotropic medication for more than six weeks in duration from a non-psychiatrist prescriber also undergo either a comprehensive psychological examination for diagnostic purposes or a course of short-term psychological [...]

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