Bill Sponsors: TN SB0777 | 2017-2018 | 110th General Assembly
Bill Title: As enacted, makes various changes and additions to law concerning opioids; creates task force with duty to promulgate rules that create a uniform minimum disciplinary action that will apply to any healthcare practitioner who treats a human patient with an opioid and that healthcare practitioner's licensing board or agency finds that the healthcare practitioner engaged in a significant deviation or pattern of deviation from sound medical judgment; requires comptroller to conduct certain studies. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 49; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-05-23 - Pub. Ch. 978 [SB0777 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-05-23 - Pub. Ch. 978 [SB0777 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Sponsors
| Name | Type | Contact | Phone | District | Sponsorship | State Profile | Financial | Encyclopedia | Biography |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator Edward Jackson [R] | Primary | 615-741-1810 | SD-025 | Sponsored Bills | State Profile | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart | |
| Senator Ken Yager [R] | Cosponsor | 615-741-1449 | SD-012 | Sponsored Bills | State Profile | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
