Bill Sponsors: TN SB1833 | 2013-2014 | 108th General Assembly
Bill Title: As introduced, allows, instead of requires, physicians who refuse to prescribe opiate medication to a patient to inform the patient there are physicians whose treatment of severe chronic intractable pain includes the use of opiates. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 11.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-19 - Action Def. in S. H&W Comm. to 3/26/2014 [SB1833 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-19 - Action Def. in S. H&W Comm. to 3/26/2014 [SB1833 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Sponsors
Name | Type | Sponsorship | District | Financial | Encyclopedia | Biography |
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Senator Ken Yager [R] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | SD-012 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Kent Calfee [R] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | HD-032 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |