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Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Public Health and Family Assistance of HHR Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2096. Abortion - Requires a health care provider who induces an abortion by the administration of the drug mifepristone to provide the patient with a copy of the Medication Guide and Patient Agreement from the drug manufacturer and to provide verbally certain other information, including the fact that the regimen requires two return visits. - Amends TCA Section 39-15-203. Fiscal Summary for *HB1973 / SB2096Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB1973 / SB2096 This bill prohibits an abortion from being performed or induced by the administration of mifepristone until the patient has been provided a copy of the Medication Guide and Patient Agreement published by the manufacturer of the mifepristone and the patient has been specifically informed, verbally, from the manufacturer's documents by the administering [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/30/2007 - Re-Referred to Senate Calendar Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1973. Abortion - Requires a health care provider who induces an abortion by the administration of the drug mifepristone to provide the patient with a copy of the Medication Guide and Patient Agreement from the drug manufacturer and to provide verbally certain other information, including the fact that the regimen requires two return visits. - Amends TCA Section 39-15-203. Fiscal Summary for SB2096 / *HB1973Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB2096 / *HB1973 This bill prohibits an abortion from being performed or induced by the administration of mifepristone until the patient has been provided a copy of the Medication Guide and Patient Agreement published by the manufacturer of the mifepristone and the patient has been specifically informed, verbally, from the manufacturer's documents by the administering [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/04/2007 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Professional Occupations of HHouse Resolution of Health & Human Resources Committee Bill TextDrugs - Allows prescribers to electronically note that a brand name drug is to be issued to a patient rather than a generic and clarifies that electronic signatures may be used on electronic and facsimile prescription orders. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 10, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for *HB0364 / SB0887MINIMAL
Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: SenateGW,H&House Resolution Comm. Bill TextDrugs - Allows prescribers to electronically note that a brand name drug is to be issued to a patient rather than a generic and clarifies that electronic signatures may be used on electronic and facsimile prescription orders. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 10, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for SB0887 / *HB0364MINIMAL
Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Professional Occupations of HHR Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1602. Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - Authorizes certain health care providers to disclose a patient's medical records and related information to other health care providers or their attorneys in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68. Fiscal Summary for *HB0635 / SB1602Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB0635 / SB1602 Generally, a patient's medical records are confidential. This bill authorizes physicians, hospitals, and other healthcare providers to disclose a patient's medical records, conditions, care and treatment and impressions and opinions in regard to the patient's conditions, care and treatment to any other healthcare provider or the other healthcare provider's attorney or agent in the following circumstances: (1) When a healthcare provider conducts peer [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/08/2007 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in: Health & Human Resources Committee Bill TextCompanion 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' [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/02/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: SenateGW,H&House Resolution Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1550. 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 *SB0335 / HB1550(Corrected) Increase State Expenditures - $206,300 Recurring $27,300 One-Time Increase State Revenues - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB0335 / HB1550 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' [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate GW,H&House Resolution Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0635. Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - Authorizes certain health care providers to disclose a patient's medical records and related information to other health care providers or their attorneys in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68. Fiscal Summary for SB1602 / *HB0635Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB1602 / *HB0635 Generally, a patient's medical records are confidential. This bill authorizes physicians, hospitals, and other healthcare providers to disclose a patient's medical records, conditions, care and treatment and impressions and opinions in regard to the patient's conditions, care and treatment to any other healthcare provider or the other healthcare provider's attorney or agent in the following circumstances: (1) When a healthcare provider conducts peer [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/19/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 406 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0732. Insurance, Health, Accident - Requires managed health insurance issuers that make known to participating providers or members the results of the provider's performance to undertake certain actions prior to public release of the performance comparison. - Amends TCA Title 56. Fiscal Summary for HB1452 / *SB0732Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $36,300 Other Fiscal Impact - Increase Federal Expenditures - Exceeds $63,700 Bill Summary for HB1452 / *SB0732 This bill specifies that no physician will be bound by a contract provision between the physician and a health insurer, prepaid group health plan, HMO, PPO, or similar entity that provides or administers health insurance that purports to limit or restrict the remedies available to the physician if the insurance company publishes in any form a quality or tiered rating of the [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/19/2007 - Public Chapter 406 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1452. Insurance, Health, Accident - Requires managed health insurance issuers that make known to participating providers or members the results of the provider's performance to undertake certain actions prior to public release of the performance comparison. - Amends TCA Title 56. Fiscal Summary for *SB0732 / HB1452Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $36,300 Other Fiscal Impact - Increase Federal Expenditures - Exceeds $63,700 Bill Summary for *SB0732 / HB1452 This bill specifies that no physician will be bound by a contract provision between the physician and a health insurer, prepaid group health plan, HMO, PPO, or similar entity that provides or administers health insurance that purports to limit or restrict the remedies available to the physician if the insurance company publishes in any form a quality or tiered rating of the [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Public Chapter 747 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4051. Corporations, For Profit - Adds advance practice nurses and certain physicians to those health care providers who may be members and holders of professional limited liability companies. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 249, Part 11. Fiscal Summary for HB3963 / *SB4051MINIMAL Bill Summary for HB3963 / *SB4051 Under present law, the following licensed health care professionals have a right to be members or holders of financial rights in the same professional limited liability company: (1) Optometrists and ophthalmologists; (2) Podiatrists and physicians and osteopathic physicians, except radiologists, pathologists, or anesthesiologists; (3) Doctors of chiropractic and physicians and osteopathic physicians, except radiologists, pathologists, and anesthesiologists; and (4) Physician assistants and physicians [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 747 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3963. Corporations, For Profit - Adds advance practice nurses and certain physicians to those health care providers who may be members and holders of professional limited liability companies. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 249, Part 11. Fiscal Summary for *SB4051 / HB3963MINIMAL Bill Summary for *SB4051 / HB3963 Under present law, the following licensed health care professionals have a right to be members or holders of financial rights in the same professional limited liability company: (1) Optometrists and ophthalmologists; (2) Podiatrists and physicians and osteopathic physicians, except radiologists, pathologists, or anesthesiologists; (3) Doctors of chiropractic and physicians and osteopathic physicians, except radiologists, pathologists, and anesthesiologists; and (4) Physician assistants and physicians [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Professional Occupations of HHR Bill TextHealth Care - Exempts from requirement that rules regulating physician assistants must be jointly adopted by board of medical examiners and committee on physician assistants, and requirement that rules regulating nurse practitioners must be jointly adopted by board of medical examiners and board of nursing, any rules that address the roles and supervisory responsibilities of supervising physicians. - Amends TCA Title 63. Fiscal Summary for HB3847 / *SB3920Other Fiscal Impact - The Board of Medical Examiners will hold an additional meeting in FY09 at a total cost of $5,200 for travel reimbursements and per diem. These one-time expenditures can be funded from existing resources of the Board without the collection of additional revenue.
Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to SenateGW,H&House Resolution Comm. Bill TextHealth Care - Exempts from requirement that rules regulating physician assistants must be jointly adopted by board of medical examiners and committee on physician assistants, and requirement that rules regulating nurse practitioners must be jointly adopted by board of medical examiners and board of nursing, any rules that address the roles and supervisory responsibilities of supervising physicians. - Amends TCA Title 63. Fiscal Summary for *SB3920 / HB3847Other Fiscal Impact - The Board of Medical Examiners will hold an additional meeting in FY09 at a total cost of $5,200 for travel reimbursements and per diem. These one-time expenditures can be funded from existing resources of the Board without the collection of additional revenue.
Latest Action: 05/23/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 891 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3757. Physicians and Surgeons - Removes covenants to compete exemption for physicians who specialize in the practice of radiology. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for SB3976 / *HB3757Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB3976 / *HB3757 Present law authorizes healthcare providers to enter into covenants not to compete upon termination or conclusion of the employment or contractual relationship; provided, however, that such authorization does not apply to physicians who specialize in the practice of emergency medicine or radiology. This bill authorizes physicians who specialize in radiology to enter into covenants not to compete.
Latest Action: 05/23/2008 - Public Chapter 891 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3976. Physicians and Surgeons - Removes covenants to compete exemption for physicians who specialize in the practice of radiology. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for *HB3757 / SB3976Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB3757 / SB3976 Present law authorizes healthcare providers to enter into covenants not to compete upon termination or conclusion of the employment or contractual relationship; provided, however, that such authorization does not apply to physicians who specialize in the practice of emergency medicine or radiology. This bill authorizes physicians who specialize in radiology to enter into covenants not to compete.
Latest Action: 05/23/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 927 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3484. Health Care - Defines "Level II office-based surgery" and specifies the requirements that must be adhered to by physicians that perform such procedures. - Amends TCA Section 63-9-117; Section 63-6-221 and Section 68-11-211. Fiscal Summary for HB3633 / *SB3484Increase State Revenue - $1,084,500 Increase State Expenditures - $65,500 / One-Time $1,019,000 / Recurring Bill Summary for HB3633 / *SB3484 Present law regulates the performance of office-based surgery. Present law defines "office-based surgery" as Level III surgery requiring a level of sedation beyond the level of sedation of Level II surgery that is performed outside a hospital, an ambulatory surgical treatment center, or other medical facility licensed by the department of health. The board of medical examiners and board of osteopathic examiners [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Public Health and Family Assistance of HHouse Resolution of Health & Human Resources Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3430. Physicians and Surgeons - Enacts the "Patient and Physician Empowerment Act." - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 56 and Title 63. Fiscal Summary for HB3621 / *SB3430Increase State Expenditures - $56,300 One-Time $584,100 Recurring Other Fiscal Impact - There is no direct impact on health care costs to state and local government employee health plans. However, to the extent that joint bargaining by health care providers increased prices and health insurers passed on such costs to all health plans, total expenditures for state and local health care plans would increase significantly. Bill Summary for HB3621 / *SB3430 This bill authorizes independent health care providers and associated medical facilities to jointly negotiate with a health care insurer and engage in related joint activity regarding non-fee-related [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Professional Occupations of HHR Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3622. Physicians and Surgeons - Sets standards for physicians to utilize integrative and complementary medicine. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for HB3424 / *SB3622Increase State Revenue - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3424 / *SB3622 This bill authorizes physicians to employ a health care method of integrative or complementary medicine. "Integrative and complementary medicine" means those health care methods of diagnosis, treatment, or interventions that are not acknowledged to be conventional, but that may be offered by some licensed physicians in addition to, or as an alternative to, conventional medicine, and that provide a reasonable potential for therapeutic gain in a patient's medical condition and that are not reasonably outweighed by the risk [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/28/2008 - Passed second consideration, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. Bill TextPhysicians and Surgeons - Requires board of medical examiners and the department of health to study issues relating to access to primary care in the state and report to the senate general welfare, health and human resources committee and the house health and human resources committee by March 15, 2009. - Amends TCA Title 63. Fiscal Summary for HB3494 / *SB3847Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
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