For additional roll call votes on Tennessee SJR0181 please see the Vote List

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Bill Title: Declares that prior authorization requirements from insurance providers should be removed when a healthcare professional provides or seeks to provide medication assisted treatment to a patient with a substance use disorder and declares substance use disorder and opioid use disorder should be insured in the same manner as other diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-04-30 - Signed by Governor. [SJR0181 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

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Vote: SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for adoption with amendment by Senate Commerce and Labor Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee

Vote	Tally	Democrat	Republican
Yea	8	1	7
Nay	-	-	-
Not Voting	-	-	-
Absent	-	-	-
TOTAL	8	1	7

Result: Passed

Name	Yea	Nay	NV	Absent	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Sen. Akbari, Raumesh A. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Bailey, Paul E. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Gresham, Dolores R. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Johnson, Jack [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Lundberg, Jon C. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Niceley, Frank S. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Southerland, Steve [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Watson, Bo [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart