Bill Title: As enacted, declares that no person providing counseling or therapy services will be required to counsel or serve a client as to goals, outcomes, or behaviors that conflict with the sincerely held principles of the counselor or therapist; requires such counselor or therapist to refer the client to another counselor or therapist; creates immunity for such action; maintains liability for counselors who will not counsel a client based on the counselor's religious beliefs when the individual seeking or undergoing the counseling is in imminent danger of harming themselves or others. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49 and Title 63.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-05-02 - Pub. Ch. 926
[SB1556 Detail]
Note: Tennessee does not provide sufficient information to determine typical named revision of bills. Therefore only drafts are captured, the highest order draft will always be the current version.
Bill Drafts
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| Draft (#2) | 2016-02-02 | PDF | Link | View (#2) |
| Draft (#1) | 2016-01-11 | PDF | Link | View (#1) |
Amendments
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| No bill amendments currently on file for Tennessee SB1556 |
Supplemental Documents
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| No supplemental documents for Tennessee SB1556 currently on file. |
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