| TN | SB2088 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes a law enforcement officer to cause to be administered a blood or urine test on a person for the presence of a psychotropic drug if such officer has probable cause to believe that the person committed a mass shooting and the per...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-18
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 |
| TN | HB2013 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes a law enforcement officer to cause to be administered a blood or urine test on a person for the presence of a psychotropic drug if such officer has probable cause to believe that the person committed a mass shooting and the per...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-18
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 897 |
| TN | HB1816 | Pass | As enacted, requires the Tennessee opioid abatement council to allocate funds held in the opioid abatement fund in a certain manner. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 38 and Title 41.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-18
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 |
| TN | SB2533 | Pass | As enacted, requires the Tennessee opioid abatement council to allocate funds held in the opioid abatement fund in a certain manner. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 38 and Title 41.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-18
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 960 |
| TN | HB2389 | Pass | As enacted, requires the bureau of TennCare to biannually publish two comprehensive statewide data reports on the use of psychotropic medications and the psychotropic medications' associated costs with certain list categories and data points that mus...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-06
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 659 |
| TN | SB2255 | Pass | As enacted, requires the bureau of TennCare to biannually publish two comprehensive statewide data reports on the use of psychotropic medications and the psychotropic medications' associated costs with certain list categories and data points that mus...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-06
Effective date(s) 04/01/2026 |
| TN | HB2173 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes an owner or person in legal possession of drugs or devices deemed adulterated to request a show cause hearing electronically, rather than strictly in writing. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. |
| TN | SB2437 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes an owner or person in legal possession of drugs or devices deemed adulterated to request a show cause hearing electronically, rather than strictly in writing. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| TN | HB0760 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes a healthcare practitioner to prescribe and a pharmacist to dispense a prescribed, bronchodilator rescue inhaler to an authorized entity to be administered to a person believed to be experiencing asthma symptoms or respiratory d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-08
Effective date(s) 05/02/2025, 07/01/2026 |
| TN | SB0817 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes a healthcare practitioner to prescribe and a pharmacist to dispense a prescribed, bronchodilator rescue inhaler to an authorized entity to be administered to a person believed to be experiencing asthma symptoms or respiratory d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-08
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 346 |
| TN | SB1146 | Pass | As enacted, requires a county medical examiner to test for, and obtain certain information concerning, the presence of any drugs in a decedent in certain situations; requires the health science center to conduct certain studies regarding drug interac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-29
Effective date(s) 07/01/2025 |
| TN | HB1349 | Pass | As enacted, requires a county medical examiner to test for, and obtain certain information concerning, the presence of any drugs in a decedent in certain situations; requires the health science center to conduct certain studies regarding drug interac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-29
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 272 |
| TN | SB0436 | Pass | As enacted, adds mandating the use of biosimilar drugs as a cost-saving measure the bureau of TennCare may implement; adds that a health carrier, health benefit plan, or utilization review organization may require a patient to try a biosimilar produc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-28
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 206 |
| TN | HB1198 | Pass | As enacted, adds mandating the use of biosimilar drugs as a cost-saving measure the bureau of TennCare may implement; adds that a health carrier, health benefit plan, or utilization review organization may require a patient to try a biosimilar produc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-28
Effective date(s) 04/11/2025 |
| TN | SB1031 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Restore Trust in Public Health Messaging Act." - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-04
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 108 |
| TN | HB1157 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Restore Trust in Public Health Messaging Act." - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-04
Effective date(s) 03/28/2025 |
| TN | SB1256 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the department of finance and administration, in collaboration with the department of health and the bureau of TennCare, to apply for federal approval to import prescription drugs from Canada. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 33; T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-11
To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| TN | HB1187 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, deletes an obsolete provision that required the comptroller of the treasury, in conjunction with any appropriate TennCare drug utilization review committees, to study the use of prescription drugs in nursing homes and the costs of thos...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-26
Sponsor change. |
| TN | HB1260 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the department of finance and administration, in collaboration with the department of health and the bureau of TennCare, to apply for federal approval to import prescription drugs from Canada. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 33; T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee |
| TN | SB1242 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, deletes an obsolete provision that required the comptroller of the treasury, in conjunction with any appropriate TennCare drug utilization review committees, to study the use of prescription drugs in nursing homes and the costs of thos...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
| TN | SB1057 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, deletes an obsolete provision that required the comptroller of the treasury, in conjunction with any appropriate TennCare drug utilization review committees, to study the use of prescription drugs in nursing homes and the costs of thos...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-10
Withdrawn. |
| TN | HB1007 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, deletes an obsolete provision that required the comptroller of the treasury, in conjunction with any appropriate TennCare drug utilization review committees, to study the use of prescription drugs in nursing homes and the costs of thos...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-06
Withdrawn. |
| TN | HB0044 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, allows a student to possess and self-administer rescue seizure medication at school or at a school-related activity or event. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 50, Part 16.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee |
| TN | SB0135 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, allows a student to possess and self-administer rescue seizure medication at school or at a school-related activity or event. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 50, Part 16.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-16
To Senate Education Committee |
