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2		-	SENATE BILL 474
3		-	By Bowling
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5	4		HOUSE BILL 387
6	5		By Butler
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9	8		HB0387
10	9		001897
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13	12		AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63
14	13		and Title 68, relative to healthcare providers.
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16	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
17	16		SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, Chapter 1, Part 1, is amended by
18	17		adding the following as a new section:
19	18		(a) As used in this section, "healthcare provider":
20	19		(1) Has the same meaning as defined in § 63-1-117(k);
21	20		(2) Includes an employee, assistant, or contractor of such professional,
22	21		establishment, or facility; and
23	22		(3) Does not include a psychiatrist or psychologist licensed pursuant to
24	23		chapter 6 or 11 of this title.
25	24		(b) A healthcare provider shall not:
26	25		(1) Inquire as to the patient's ownership, possession of, or access to
27	26		firearm ammunition or firearm accessories;
28	27		(2) Require information described in subdivision (b)(1) to be disclosed
29	28		before providing treatment to the patient;
30	29		(3) Deny future treatment of a patient based upon a patient's ownership
31	30		or control of a firearm, firearm ammunition, or firearm accessories;
32	31		(4) Enter, or have another enter, information described in subdivision
33	32		(b)(1) into a patient's record unless the information is relevant to the patient's
34	33		medical care or safety or the safety of others; or
35	34		(5) Share the information described in subdivision (b)(1) with an insurer.
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40	39		(c) A healthcare provider shall not discriminate against a patient based upon the
41	40		patient's exercise of the constitutional right to own and possess a firearm, firearm
42	41		ammunition, or firearm accessories.
43	42		(d) If a healthcare provider does inquire as to the patient's ownership,
44	43		possession of, or access to firearm ammunition or firearm accessories, then the
45	44		healthcare provider shall provide written notice to the patient that the patient has no duty
46	45		to respond to the inquiry.
47	46		(e)
48	47		(1) A healthcare provider who violates subsection (b) or (c) is guilty of
49	48		unethical conduct and is subject to:
50	49		(A) Disciplinary action by the healthcare provider's licensing
51	50		authority; and
52	51		(B) A fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation.
53	52		(2) In addition to other penalties available to the provider's licensing
54	53		authority, the healthcare provider's licensing authority may take disciplinary
55	54		action and seek injunctive or other relief as appropriate against that healthcare
56	55		provider or an entity for a violation of this section.
57	56		SECTION 2. If any provision of this act or the application of any provision of this act to
58	57		any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or
59	58		applications of the act that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to
60	59		that end, the provisions of this act are severable.
61	60		SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it, and
62	61		applies to conduct occurring on or after that date.