SB4153 - Tennessee - Hospitals And Health Care Facilities, Public Health, Safety

Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - Extends to inpatient mental health facilities the provision whereby a health care facility may require that a patient's blood be tested for hepatitis B and HIV in the event that an employee of the facility, a student studying at such facility or other health care provider that renders services at such facility is exposed to the blood or other body fluid of a patient. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11.

Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant