All Public Health Legislation - Tennessee
HB4058
Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Budget of Finance, Ways and Means of Finance, Ways & Means Committee Bill Text Public Health - Encourages the department of health to engage in a public information campaign through voluntary and donated efforts to encourage public understanding and early treatment of cancer as part of the cancer reporting system. - Amends TCA Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68. Fiscal Summary for HB4058 / *SB4085Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Comment on Bill SB4085
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: SenateGW,H&House Resolution Comm. Bill Text Public Health - Encourages the department of health to engage in a public information campaign through voluntary and donated efforts to encourage public understanding and early treatment of cancer as part of the cancer reporting system. - Amends TCA Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68. Fiscal Summary for *SB4085 / HB4058Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant HB4012
Latest Action: 05/14/2008 - Placed on Subcommittee Calendar Budget of Finance, Ways and Means for 05/19/2008 Bill Text Companion Bill SB3234. Health, Dept. of - Authorizes the department to contract with the National Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped (NFDH), or other appropriate nonprofit organization, to provide donated dental services. - Amends TCA Title 68. Fiscal Summary for HB4012 / *SB3234Increase State Expenditures - $3,900/One-Time $116,800/Recurring A more precise cost estimate is not possible because the Department of Health has not provided any information to assist in the preparation of this fiscal note. Bill Summary for HB4012 / *SB3234 This bill authorizes the department of health to contract with an appropriate and qualified nonprofit organization to establish and administer a donated dental services program through which licensed, volunteer dentists would provide comprehensive dental care to needy individuals who do [...] show full description HB4009
Latest Action: 05/23/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 903 Bill Text Companion Bill SB3806. State Government - Changes entities eligible for diabetes grants from the Tennessee Center for Diabetes Prevention and Health Improvement. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 40, Part 4. Fiscal Summary for HB4009 / *SB3806Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB4009 / *SB3806 Present law authorizes the Tennessee center for diabetes prevention and health improvement to make grants to high schools for programs promoting the understanding and prevention of diabetes and to providers of primary and specialty health care services related to the treatment of pre-diabetes and diabetes that are either public entities or non-profit organizations. This bill adds to present law by authorizing the center to make grants to for-profit health-related providers. ON MARCH 24, 2008, THE SENATE ADOPTED [...] show full description HB4014
Latest Action: 06/20/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 1126 Bill Text Companion Bill SB2832. Health Care - Designates the nurse home visitor program as a pilot program and changes eligibility criteria for participation in the program by service providers and communities. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68. Fiscal Summary for HB4014 / *SB2832Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB4014 / *SB2832 Present law requires any health care facilities with an annual average daily census of at least 25 inpatients based on the most recent JAR public data, where applicable, or any outpatient facility that performs an annual average of 25 procedures per day to join the centers for disease control's national nosocomial infection surveillance/national healthcare safety network (NNIS/NHSN) surveillance system within 120 days of when it becomes open to the facility's type of license. This bill expands [...] show full description HB3913
Latest Action: 02/13/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Environment of CON Bill Text Companion Bill SB3965. Water - Requires that certain water supply systems, wastewater systems, and water distribution systems must employ or otherwise arrange for the services of a full-time certified operator. - Amends TCA Section 68-221-904. Fiscal Summary for HB3913 / *SB3965 Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $800,000 Increase Local Expenditures* - $2,000,000 Bill Summary for HB3913 / *SB3965 Under present law, it is a Class C misdemeanor for any person, firm, or corporation, both municipal and private, operating a water supply system or wastewater system, to operate the water treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant, water distribution system, or wastewater collection system, unless the competency of the operators in direct charge of such system are duly certified by the commissioner of environment and conservation. A violator [...] show full description HB4109
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Public Chapter 848 Bill Text 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. Fiscal Summary for *HB4109 / SB4153Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant SB4153
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 848 Bill Text 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. Fiscal Summary for SB4153 / *HB4109Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant HB4015
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Public Chapter 748 Bill Text Companion Bill SB3710. Public Health - Renames the "black health care commission" as the "health equity commission." - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4 and Title 68. Fiscal Summary for HB4015 / *SB3710MINIMAL Bill Summary for HB4015 / *SB3710 ON MARCH 13, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 4015, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 removes the termination date for the commission. HB4047
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in: Health & Human Resources Committee Bill Text Public Health - Requires individuals who have tested positive for latent tuberculosis infection to be reported to the department of health and treated. - Amends TCA Title 68. Fiscal Summary for HB4047 / *SB3736Increase State Expenditures - $444,700/One-Time $11,353,700/Recurring SB3971
Latest Action: 05/12/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 874 Bill Text Companion Bill HB3865. Public Health - Requires department of health, with the advice of the perinatal advisory committee, in developing the plan for the program for the diagnosis and treatment of certain life-threatening conditions present in the perinatal period, to consider the feasibility of designing the program so as to develop appropriate standards for disseminating information and educational material about conditions and diseases that commonly affect newborns, such as respiratory syncytial virus. - Amends TCA Title 68. Fiscal Summary for SB3971 / *HB3865(CORRECTED) Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB3971 / *HB3865 This bill requires any hospital that provides birthing suites to provide written educational material containing information about the possible complications, proper care and support associated [...] show full description SB3965
Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate E,C&T Comm. Bill Text Companion Bill HB3913. Water - Requires that certain water supply systems, wastewater systems, and water distribution systems must employ or otherwise arrange for the services of a full-time certified operator. - Amends TCA Section 68-221-904. Fiscal Summary for *SB3965 / HB3913 Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $800,000 Increase Local Expenditures* - $2,000,000 Bill Summary for *SB3965 / HB3913 Under present law, it is a Class C misdemeanor for any person, firm, or corporation, both municipal and private, operating a water supply system or wastewater system, to operate the water treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant, water distribution system, or wastewater collection system, unless the competency of the operators in direct charge of such system are duly certified by the commissioner of environment and conservation. A violator [...] show full description HB3791
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Public Health and Family Assistance of HHouse Resolution of Health & Human Resources Committee Bill Text Companion Bill SB3856. Public Health - Requires hospitals predischarge to screen infants for hearing; attending health professionals to refer certain newborns; tests specified; follow-ups referred to department of health or education. - Amends TCA Section 37-3-703 and Title 68, Chapter 5. Fiscal Summary for HB3791 / *SB3856 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Other Fiscal Impact - The Department of Health currently receives a $150,000 federal newborn hearing screening follow-up grant from the Department of Health and Human Services. This grant could be placed in jeopardy if required reporting data was not properly reported to the Department of Health. Bill Summary for HB3791 / *SB3856 This bill requires that every newborn infant in Tennessee be screened for hearing loss, unless the child's parents object on religious grounds. Any [...] show full description HB3865
Latest Action: 05/12/2008 - Public Chapter 874 Bill Text Companion Bill SB3971. Public Health - Requires department of health, with the advice of the perinatal advisory committee, in developing the plan for the program for the diagnosis and treatment of certain life-threatening conditions present in the perinatal period, to consider the feasibility of designing the program so as to develop appropriate standards for disseminating information and educational material about conditions and diseases that commonly affect newborns, such as respiratory syncytial virus. - Amends TCA Title 68. Fiscal Summary for *HB3865 / SB3971(CORRECTED) Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB3865 / SB3971 This bill requires any hospital that provides birthing suites to provide written educational material containing information about the possible complications, proper care and support associated [...] show full description HB3737
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee K-12 of Education of Education Committee Bill Text Companion Bill SB3861. Education - Initiates a pandemic influenza vaccination demonstration program to assess the educational impact of seasonal influenza vaccinations and the suitability of the state's elementary and secondary schools for incorporation into federal and state pandemic response plans. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for HB3737 / *SB3861Increase State Expenditures - $845,200/FY08-09, FY09-10 $99,800/One-Time Increase Local Expenditures* - $76,100/FY08-09, FY09-10 Bill Summary for HB3737 / *SB3861 This bill requires the commissioner of education, in consultation with the secretary of health for the U.S. department of health and human services (HHS), to carry out a demonstration program designed to test the feasibility and desirability of using the state's elementary and secondary schools [...] show full description SB3861
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Ed. Comm. Bill Text Companion Bill HB3737. Education - Initiates a pandemic influenza vaccination demonstration program to assess the educational impact of seasonal influenza vaccinations and the suitability of the state's elementary and secondary schools for incorporation into federal and state pandemic response plans. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for *SB3861 / HB3737Increase State Expenditures - $845,200/FY08-09, FY09-10 $99,800/One-Time Increase Local Expenditures* - $76,100/FY08-09, FY09-10 Bill Summary for *SB3861 / HB3737 This bill requires the commissioner of education, in consultation with the secretary of health for the U.S. department of health and human services (HHS), to carry out a demonstration program designed to test the feasibility and desirability of using the state's elementary and secondary schools [...] show full description HB3617
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 769 Bill Text Companion Bill SB3482. Health Care - Defines "home medical equipment services" to include shipments by a provider to a consumer's residence or to a predetermined location to be received by the consumer's representative. - Amends TCA Title 68. Fiscal Summary for HB3617 / *SB3482(CORRECTED) Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3617 / *SB3482 Present law requires providers of home medical equipment services to be licensed in accordance with standards established by the board for licensing health care facilities. "Home medical equipment services" means a service provided by any person who sells or rents home medical equipment for delivery to the consumer's place of residence in Tennessee, regardless of the location of the home medical equipment provider. This bill clarifies that "the consumer's place [...] show full description Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Professional Occupations of HHouse Resolution of Health & Human Resources Committee Bill Text Companion Bill SB2755. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Requires notification on the part of a pharmacist or pharmacy technician to a patient and prescriber before interchanging immunosuppressive drugs for transplant patients. - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 63. Fiscal Summary for HB3651 / *SB2755Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3651 / *SB2755 Generally, a pharmacist may substitute a prescribed drug for a less expensive equivalent of that drug. This bill restricts the substitution of one manufacturer's drug for another's in regard to immunosuppressive drugs, when a patient's immunosuppressive therapy is being controlled on a specific drug, strength, dosage form, and dosing regimen from a specific manufacturer. Under this bill, prior to interchanging an immunosuppressive drug, the pharmacist, pharmacy intern, or pharmacy technician [...] show full description HB3649
Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Professional Occupations of HHouse Resolution of Health & Human Resources Committee Bill Text Public Health - Requires the department of health and county and district health departments only to employ as new hires as health educators persons that are certified health education specialists as certified by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. - Amends TCA Title 68. Fiscal Summary for HB3649 / *SB3422Increase State Expenditures - $81,200 Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant SB3856
Latest Action: 03/12/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: SenateGW,H&House Resolution Comm. Bill Text Companion Bill HB3791. Public Health - Requires hospitals predischarge to screen infants for hearing; attending health professionals to refer certain newborns; tests specified; follow-ups referred to department of health or education. - Amends TCA Section 37-3-703 and Title 68, Chapter 5. Fiscal Summary for *SB3856 / HB3791 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Other Fiscal Impact - The Department of Health currently receives a $150,000 federal newborn hearing screening follow-up grant from the Department of Health and Human Services. This grant could be placed in jeopardy if required reporting data was not properly reported to the Department of Health. Bill Summary for *SB3856 / HB3791 This bill requires that every newborn infant in Tennessee be screened for hearing loss, unless the child's parents object on religious grounds. Any [...] show full description SB3843
Latest Action: 02/15/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of C,L&A Comm Bill Text Tobacco, Tobacco Products - Exempts certain small employers from the smoking prohibition mandated by the non-smoker protection act. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1804. Fiscal Summary for *SB3843Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB3843 Present law generally prohibits smoking in enclosed public places, including restaurants that do not restrict access to persons who are 21 years of age and older. There are various exemptions to the smoking ban, including an exemption for private businesses with three or fewer employees where, in the discretion of the business owner, smoking may be allowed in an enclosed room that is not accessible to the general public and from which smoke does not infiltrate into areas where smoking is prohibited. This bill increases eligibility for the exemption for private businesses that allow smoking in an enclosed room from businesses with three or fewer employees to businesses with [...] show full description HB3409
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 Text Companion Bill SB3523. Public Health - Authorizes the department of health to engage in a four-month research project to determine the rate of prenatal substance use by prenatal patients. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 4 and Title 68. Fiscal Summary for HB3409 / *SB3523Increase State Expenditures - $2,393,000/One-Time Bill Summary for HB3409 / *SB3523 This bill authorizes the department of health to initiate a four-month research project to determine the current rate of substance abuse by prenatal patients in Tennessee. The department would be required to determine the substances that participating hospitals would be required to test for. The department would identify nine volunteer, sentinel hospitals that offer obstetrical services to participate in the research project. The volunteer hospitals would include three hospitals from [...] show full description HB3492
Latest Action: 03/19/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Health Care Facilities of HHouse Resolution of Health & Human Resources Committee Bill Text Companion Bill SB2831. Public Health - Defines "patient safety organization" for purposes of collecting relevant health data. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for HB3492 / *SB2831Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3492 / *SB2831 Present law contains requirements for health care facilities to report unusual events and certain other defined incidents to the department of health. This bill defines "patient safety organization," within those statutory provisions for such reporting, to mean any public or private organization, or component of any such organization, whose primary activity is to improve patient safety and the quality of health care delivery for patients receiving care through the collection, aggregation, analysis, or processing of medical or health care related information submitted [...] show full description HB3311
Latest Action: 06/06/2008 - Public Chapter 999 Bill Text Companion Bill SB3667. Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - Requires health care facilities, as part of their infection control program, to perform as risk assessment for methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the facility. - Amends TCA Title 68. Fiscal Summary for *HB3311 / SB3667(CORRECTED) Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB3311 / SB3667 ON APRIL 10, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND RESET HOUSE BILL 3311, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to require health care facilities, as part of their infection control program, to perform as risk assessment for methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus ("MRSA") in the facility. This amendment specifies that in those facilities where current interventions have not resulted in MRSA infections, implementation [...] show full description SB3523
Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: SenateGW,H&House Resolution Comm. Bill Text Companion Bill HB3409. Public Health - Authorizes the department of health to engage in a four-month research project to determine the rate of prenatal substance use by prenatal patients. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 4 and Title 68. Fiscal Summary for *SB3523 / HB3409Increase State Expenditures - $2,393,000/One-Time Bill Summary for *SB3523 / HB3409 This bill authorizes the department of health to initiate a four-month research project to determine the current rate of substance abuse by prenatal patients in Tennessee. The department would be required to determine the substances that participating hospitals would be required to test for. The department would identify nine volunteer, sentinel hospitals that offer obstetrical services to participate in the research project. The volunteer hospitals would include three hospitals from [...] show full description SB3667
Latest Action: 06/06/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 999 Bill Text Companion Bill HB3311. Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - Requires health care facilities, as part of their infection control program, to perform as risk assessment for methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the facility. - Amends TCA Title 68. Fiscal Summary for SB3667 / *HB3311(CORRECTED) Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB3667 / *HB3311 ON APRIL 10, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND RESET HOUSE BILL 3311, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to require health care facilities, as part of their infection control program, to perform as risk assessment for methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus ("MRSA") in the facility. This amendment specifies that in those facilities where current interventions have not resulted in MRSA infections, implementation [...] show full description SB3710
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 748 Bill Text Companion Bill HB4015. Public Health - Renames the "black health care commission" as the "health equity commission." - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4 and Title 68. Fiscal Summary for *SB3710 / HB4015MINIMAL Bill Summary for *SB3710 / HB4015 ON MARCH 13, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 4015, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 removes the termination date for the commission. HB3309
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - Returned to Clerk's Desk pursuant to rule 80(2) Bill Text Insurance, Health, Accident - Requires all Cover Tennessee or CoverKids print or broadcast advertisements or public service announcements to clearly indicate that these are taxpayer supported programs. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 30 and Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 11. Fiscal Summary for HB3309 / *SB3369Increase State Expenditures - $63,500 / One-Time SB3736
Latest Action: 01/23/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to SenateGW,H&House Resolution Comm. Bill Text Public Health - Requires individuals who have tested positive for latent tuberculosis infection to be reported to the department of health and treated. - Amends TCA Title 68. Fiscal Summary for *SB3736 / HB4047Increase State Expenditures - $444,700/One-Time $11,353,700/Recurring SB3369
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate C,L&A Comm. Bill Text Insurance, Health, Accident - Requires all Cover Tennessee or CoverKids print or broadcast advertisements or public service announcements to clearly indicate that these are taxpayer supported programs. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 30 and Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 11. Fiscal Summary for *SB3369 / HB3309Increase State Expenditures - $63,500 / One-Time SB3806
Latest Action: 05/23/2008 - Public Chapter 903 Bill Text Companion Bill HB4009. State Government - Changes entities eligible for diabetes grants from the Tennessee Center for Diabetes Prevention and Health Improvement. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 40, Part 4. Fiscal Summary for *SB3806 / HB4009Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB3806 / HB4009 Present law authorizes the Tennessee center for diabetes prevention and health improvement to make grants to high schools for programs promoting the understanding and prevention of diabetes and to providers of primary and specialty health care services related to the treatment of pre-diabetes and diabetes that are either public entities or non-profit organizations. This bill adds to present law by authorizing the center to make grants to for-profit health-related providers. ON MARCH 24, 2008, THE SENATE ADOPTED [...] show full description HB2996
Latest Action: 01/31/2008 - Withdrawn. Bill Text Public Health - Authorizes department of health to regulate patient safety organizations for purposes of collecting relevant health data. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-211. Fiscal Summary for *HB2996Not Available Bill Summary for *HB2996 This bill allows a private or public organization or a component thereof to apply to the department of health to be designated as a patient safety organization. "Patient safety organization" means a public or private organization, or component of any such organization, whose primary activity is to improve patient safety and the quality of health care delivery for patients receiving care, through the collection, aggregation, analysis or processing of medical or health care related information submitted to the organization by a health care facility. The department may designate as a [...] show full description Latest Action: 03/12/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Industrial Impact of COM Bill Text Companion Bill SB3339. Public Health - Enacts the "Crohn's Disease Restroom Access Act of 2008." - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 120. Fiscal Summary for *HB3015 / SB3339Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Revenue - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB3015 / SB3339 This bill requires retail establishments that have employee toilet facilities to allow access to those toilet facilities to customers who have any medical condition that requires immediate access to a toilet facility if the toilet facility is reasonably safe and the following conditions are met: (1) The customer uses an ostomy device or has a eligible medical condition including, but not limited to, Crohn's Disease, ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, or irritable bowel [...] show full description HB3127
Latest Action: 01/24/2008 - Passed second consideration, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. Bill Text Companion Bill SB2698. Dentists - Permits dentists to perform dental services at certain free health clinics and receive liability protection if the clinic charges patients fees at a level approved by the commissioner of health. - Amends TCA Title 63. Fiscal Summary for HB3127 / *SB2698Other Fiscal Impact - The Board of Dentistry will hold two additional meetings in FY09 at a total cost of $7,300 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. Bill Summary for HB3127 / *SB2698 Present law provides that a medical practitioner or a free health clinic may not receive any compensation for services rendered including, but not limited to, reimbursement from an individual or from any third party payor. This bill creates an exception [...] show full description HB3197
Latest Action: 06/06/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 1029 Bill Text Companion Bill SB3198. Public Health - Requires the department of health, and any other state agency that administers funds related to in-home visitation programs, to strive to expend state funds on such programs that are evidence-based; requires the department, in conjunction with a representative of the Tennessee commission on children and youth and with on-going consultation of appropriate research experts and representatives of relevant providers who are appointed by the commissioner to provide the consultation, to determine which of its current programs are evidence-based, research-based, and theory-based programs, and to provide a report of those findings to the governor, the senate general welfare, health and human resources committee, and the house children and family affairs committee by January 1 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 68. Fiscal Summary for HB3197 / *SB3198Increase [...] show full description HB3294
Latest Action: 06/11/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 1064 Bill Text Companion Bill SB2633. Dentists - Defines "adult emergency dental services" and includes dental assistance to individuals in need of medical care and adult emergency dental services within the health care safety net for the uninsured. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5. Fiscal Summary for HB3294 / *SB2633Increase State Expenditures - $1,823,400/One-Time $11,623,800/Recurring Bill Summary for HB3294 / *SB2633 This bill includes emergency dental assistance in the services to be provided under the health care safety net. This bill includes adult emergency dental services and the referral of complex adult emergency dental cases requiring a specialist to the list of items that should be given priority. This bill specifies that in all local health departments with dental resources, it is the expectation that adult dental [...] show full description HB3295
Latest Action: 06/06/2008 - Public Chapter 998 Bill Text Companion Bill SB2632. Public Health - Requires county health departments that have existing dental resources and that receive state and/or federal funding to provide comprehensive dental care for indigent children and emergency dental care for indigent adults, to extent possible within budgetary limitations; requires commissioner of health to develop statewide strategy for the provisions of adult emergency oral health care. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 3. Fiscal Summary for HB3295 / *SB2632Increase State Expenditures - $1,085,800/One-Time $10,681,800/Recurring Bill Summary for HB3295 / *SB2632 ON MAY 6, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS #1, AS AMENDED, AND #2 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 3295, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1, AS AMENDED, specifies that county health departments that have existing dental staff and [...] show full description Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Public Chapter 769 Bill Text Companion Bill HB3617. Health Care - Defines "home medical equipment services" to include shipments by a provider to a consumer's residence or to a predetermined location to be received by the consumer's representative. - Amends TCA Title 68. Fiscal Summary for *SB3482 / HB3617(CORRECTED) Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB3482 / HB3617 Present law requires providers of home medical equipment services to be licensed in accordance with standards established by the board for licensing health care facilities. "Home medical equipment services" means a service provided by any person who sells or rents home medical equipment for delivery to the consumer's place of residence in Tennessee, regardless of the location of the home medical equipment provider. This bill clarifies that "the consumer's place [...] show full description HB3308
Latest Action: 02/26/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Public Health and Family Assistance of HHR Bill Text Companion Bill SB3049. Public Health - Establishes a new methodology for disposition of family planning funds that disburses funds to public women's health services programs before other providers are funded. - Amends TCA Section 68-34-105. Fiscal Summary for HB3308 / *SB3049Increase State Expenditures - $8,800/One-Time $152,800/Recurring Bill Summary for HB3308 / *SB3049 The Family Planning Act of 1971 authorizes the department of health to receive and disburse such funds as may become available to it for family planning programs to any organization, public or private, engaged in providing contraceptive procedures, supplies, and information. Any family planning program administered by the department may be developed in consultation and coordination with other family planning agencies in this state, including, but not limited [...] show full description HB3146
Latest Action: 06/20/2008 - Public Chapter 1154 Bill Text Companion Bill SB3145. Health, Dept. of - Directs the department to study the prevalence and severity of asthma in Tennessee and, in consultation with the department of education and the bureau of TennCare, develop a comprehensive statewide plan to reduce the burden of asthma on Tennessee school children. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 68 and Title 71. Fiscal Summary for HB3146 / *SB3145Increase State Expenditures - $9,500/One-Time $122,100/Recurring Bill Summary for HB3146 / *SB3145 ON MAY 15, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS #1, #2, AND #3 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 3146, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to require the department of education, in consultation with the department of health and the bureau of TennCare, to develop a comprehensive state plan to reduce the incidence of asthma in Tennessee schools.[...] show full description SB3339
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate C,L&A Comm. Bill Text Companion Bill HB3015. Public Health - Enacts the "Crohn's Disease Restroom Access Act of 2008." - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 120. Fiscal Summary for SB3339 / *HB3015Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Revenue - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB3339 / *HB3015 This bill requires retail establishments that have employee toilet facilities to allow access to those toilet facilities to customers who have any medical condition that requires immediate access to a toilet facility if the toilet facility is reasonably safe and the following conditions are met: (1) The customer uses an ostomy device or has a eligible medical condition including, but not limited to, Crohn's Disease, ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, or irritable bowel [...] show full description SB3234
Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of Senate F,W&M Comm. Bill Text Companion Bill HB4012. Health, Dept. of - Authorizes the department to contract with the National Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped (NFDH), or other appropriate nonprofit organization, to provide donated dental services. - Amends TCA Title 68. Fiscal Summary for *SB3234 / HB4012Increase State Expenditures - $3,900/One-Time $116,800/Recurring A more precise cost estimate is not possible because the Department of Health has not provided any information to assist in the preparation of this fiscal note. Bill Summary for *SB3234 / HB4012 This bill authorizes the department of health to contract with an appropriate and qualified nonprofit organization to establish and administer a donated dental services program through which licensed, volunteer dentists would provide comprehensive dental care to needy individuals who do [...] show full description SB3422
Latest Action: 03/19/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: SenateGW,H&House Resolution Comm. Bill Text Public Health - Requires the department of health and county and district health departments only to employ as new hires as health educators persons that are certified health education specialists as certified by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. - Amends TCA Title 68. Fiscal Summary for *SB3422 / HB3649Increase State Expenditures - $81,200 Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 797 Bill Text Companion Bill HB2934. Public Health - Allows individuals who are at least 16 years of age to donate blood on a voluntary basis with the consent of a parent or guardian. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 32, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *SB2881 / HB2934Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB2881 / HB2934 Present law requires a person to be at least 17 years of age in order to donate blood, except that a person under 17 years of age is authorized to donate blood when either a medical necessity exists within the person's immediate family or the person is making an autologous blood donation, and the person has both parental consent and the consent of his or her physician. This bill authorizes any person who is 16 years of age to donate blood so long as the person has written parental consent. SB2889
Latest Action: 06/06/2008 - Public Chapter 982 Bill Text Companion Bill HB2572. Public Health - Prohibits the department of health from assigning an individual to inspect a nursing home facility at which the individual has ever been employed. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for SB2889 / *HB2572Increase State Expenditures - $13,700 / One-Time $238,700 / Recurring Bill Summary for SB2889 / *HB2572 ON APRIL 29, 2008, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2889, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 specifies that the prohibition against the department of health assigning a facility employee to be a member of an inspection team applies to a person being assigned for the purpose of "conducting an annual survey required for medicare or medicaid certification at a nursing home facility" instead of for the purposes of "an inspection, evaluation, or consultation [...] show full description SB3013
Latest Action: 01/23/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate C,L&A Comm. Bill Text Companion Bill HB2741. Public Health - Includes in the venue age restrictions of the "Non-Smoker Protection Act" military personnel under the age of 21. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 18. Fiscal Summary for SB3013 / *HB2741Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB3013 / *HB2741 Present law exempts age-restricted venues from the ban on smoking in public establishments. An age-restricted venue is an establishment that restricts access to its buildings and facilities at all times to persons who are 21 years of age or older. This bill authorizes establishments to retain age-restricted venue status while admitting past or present members of the armed forces or national guard who are less than 21 years of age. SB3049
Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - Re-Referred to Senate Calendar Comm. Bill Text Companion Bill HB3308. Public Health - Establishes a new methodology for disposition of family planning funds that disburses funds to public women's health services programs before other providers are funded. - Amends TCA Section 68-34-105. Fiscal Summary for *SB3049 / HB3308Increase State Expenditures - $8,800/One-Time $152,800/Recurring Bill Summary for *SB3049 / HB3308 The Family Planning Act of 1971 authorizes the department of health to receive and disburse such funds as may become available to it for family planning programs to any organization, public or private, engaged in providing contraceptive procedures, supplies, and information. Any family planning program administered by the department may be developed in consultation and coordination with other family planning agencies in this state, including, but not limited [...] show full description SB3191
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Public Chapter 768 Bill Text Companion Bill HB2753. Public Health - Enacts "Claire's Law," which requires hearing screenings for newborn infants and requires health insurance companies to cover such screenings. - Amends TCA Section 37-3-703; Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 25 and Title 68, Chapter 5. Fiscal Summary for SB3191 / *HB2753Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Other Fiscal Impact - The Department of Health currently receives a $150,000 federal newborn hearing screening follow-up grant from the Department of Health and Human Services. Such grant could be placed in jeopardy if required reporting data was not properly reported to the Department of Health. Potential Impact on Health Insurance Premiums (required by Tenn. Code Ann. § 3-2-111): Such legislation would result in a not significant increase in the cost of health insurance premiums for plans that do not currently offer hearing [...] show full description SB3198
Latest Action: 06/06/2008 - Public Chapter 1029 Bill Text Companion Bill HB3197. Public Health - Requires the department of health, and any other state agency that administers funds related to in-home visitation programs, to strive to expend state funds on such programs that are evidence-based; requires the department, in conjunction with a representative of the Tennessee commission on children and youth and with on-going consultation of appropriate research experts and representatives of relevant providers who are appointed by the commissioner to provide the consultation, to determine which of its current programs are evidence-based, research-based, and theory-based programs, and to provide a report of those findings to the governor, the senate general welfare, health and human resources committee, and the house children and family affairs committee by January 1 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 68. Fiscal Summary for *SB3198 / HB3197Increase [...] show full description SB3145
Latest Action: 06/20/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 1154 Bill Text Companion Bill HB3146. Health, Dept. of - Directs the department to study the prevalence and severity of asthma in Tennessee and, in consultation with the department of education and the bureau of TennCare, develop a comprehensive statewide plan to reduce the burden of asthma on Tennessee school children. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 68 and Title 71. Fiscal Summary for *SB3145 / HB3146Increase State Expenditures - $9,500/One-Time $122,100/Recurring Bill Summary for *SB3145 / HB3146 ON MAY 15, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS #1, #2, AND #3 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 3146, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to require the department of education, in consultation with the department of health and the bureau of TennCare, to develop a comprehensive state plan to reduce the incidence of asthma in Tennessee schools.[...] show full description HB2934
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Public Chapter 797 Bill Text Companion Bill SB2881. Public Health - Allows individuals who are at least 16 years of age to donate blood on a voluntary basis with the consent of a parent or guardian. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 32, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for HB2934 / *SB2881Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB2934 / *SB2881 Present law requires a person to be at least 17 years of age in order to donate blood, except that a person under 17 years of age is authorized to donate blood when either a medical necessity exists within the person's immediate family or the person is making an autologous blood donation, and the person has both parental consent and the consent of his or her physician. This bill authorizes any person who is 16 years of age to donate blood so long as the person has written parental consent. SB2832
Latest Action: 06/20/2008 - Public Chapter 1126 Bill Text Companion Bill HB4014. Health Care - Designates the nurse home visitor program as a pilot program and changes eligibility criteria for participation in the program by service providers and communities. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68. Fiscal Summary for *SB2832 / HB4014Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB2832 / HB4014 Present law requires any health care facilities with an annual average daily census of at least 25 inpatients based on the most recent JAR public data, where applicable, or any outpatient facility that performs an annual average of 25 procedures per day to join the centers for disease control's national nosocomial infection surveillance/national healthcare safety network (NNIS/NHSN) surveillance system within 120 days of when it becomes open to the facility's type of license. This bill expands [...] show full description HB2741
Latest Action: 04/22/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Agriculture Subcommittee of Agriculture Committee Bill Text Companion Bill SB3013. Public Health - Includes in the venue age restrictions of the "Non-Smoker Protection Act" military personnel under the age of 21. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 18. Fiscal Summary for *HB2741 / SB3013Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB2741 / SB3013 Present law exempts age-restricted venues from the ban on smoking in public establishments. An age-restricted venue is an establishment that restricts access to its buildings and facilities at all times to persons who are 21 years of age or older. This bill authorizes establishments to retain age-restricted venue status while admitting past or present members of the armed forces or national guard who are less than 21 years of age. HB2753
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 768 Bill Text Companion Bill SB3191. Public Health - Enacts "Claire's Law," which requires hearing screenings for newborn infants and requires health insurance companies to cover such screenings. - Amends TCA Section 37-3-703; Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 25 and Title 68, Chapter 5. Fiscal Summary for *HB2753 / SB3191Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Other Fiscal Impact - The Department of Health currently receives a $150,000 federal newborn hearing screening follow-up grant from the Department of Health and Human Services. Such grant could be placed in jeopardy if required reporting data was not properly reported to the Department of Health. Potential Impact on Health Insurance Premiums (required by Tenn. Code Ann. § 3-2-111): Such legislation would result in a not significant increase in the cost of health insurance premiums for plans that do not currently offer hearing [...] show full description HB2754
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Professional Occupations of HHouse Resolution of Health & Human Resources Committee Bill Text Public Health - Requires the committee on pediatric emergency care to adhere to federal and state confidentiality requirements in accessing certain data and changes the date for reports to committees of the general assembly from July 1 to January 15. - Amends TCA Title 68. Fiscal Summary for HB2754 / *SB2749Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant SB2831
Latest Action: 01/17/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to SenateGW,H&House Resolution Comm. Bill Text Companion Bill HB3492. Public Health - Defines "patient safety organization" for purposes of collecting relevant health data. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for *SB2831 / HB3492Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB2831 / HB3492 Present law contains requirements for health care facilities to report unusual events and certain other defined incidents to the department of health. This bill defines "patient safety organization," within those statutory provisions for such reporting, to mean any public or private organization, or component of any such organization, whose primary activity is to improve patient safety and the quality of health care delivery for patients receiving care through the collection, aggregation, analysis, or processing of medical or health care related information submitted [...] show full description SB2755
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: SenateGW,H&House Resolution Comm. Bill Text Companion Bill HB3651. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Requires notification on the part of a pharmacist or pharmacy technician to a patient and prescriber before interchanging immunosuppressive drugs for transplant patients. - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 63. Fiscal Summary for *SB2755 / HB3651Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB2755 / HB3651 Generally, a pharmacist may substitute a prescribed drug for a less expensive equivalent of that drug. This bill restricts the substitution of one manufacturer's drug for another's in regard to immunosuppressive drugs, when a patient's immunosuppressive therapy is being controlled on a specific drug, strength, dosage form, and dosing regimen from a specific manufacturer. Under this bill, prior to interchanging an immunosuppressive drug, the pharmacist, pharmacy intern, or pharmacy technician [...] show full description SB2749
Latest Action: 01/17/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to SenateGW,H&House Resolution Comm. Bill Text Public Health - Requires the committee on pediatric emergency care to adhere to federal and state confidentiality requirements in accessing certain data and changes the date for reports to committees of the general assembly from July 1 to January 15. - Amends TCA Title 68. Fiscal Summary for *SB2749 / HB2754Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant SB2632
Latest Action: 06/06/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 998 Bill Text Companion Bill HB3295. Public Health - Requires county health departments that have existing dental resources and that receive state and/or federal funding to provide comprehensive dental care for indigent children and emergency dental care for indigent adults, to extent possible within budgetary limitations; requires commissioner of health to develop statewide strategy for the provisions of adult emergency oral health care. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 3. Fiscal Summary for *SB2632 / HB3295Increase State Expenditures - $1,085,800/One-Time $10,681,800/Recurring Bill Summary for *SB2632 / HB3295 ON MAY 6, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS #1, AS AMENDED, AND #2 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 3295, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1, AS AMENDED, specifies that county health departments that have existing dental staff and [...] show full description |
