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Tennessee House Bill HB0629 Compare Versions

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2		-	SENATE BILL 1186
3		-	By Akbari
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5	4		HOUSE BILL 629
6	5		By Hardaway
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9	8		HB0629
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13	12		AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37;
14	13		Title 39; Title 40, Chapter 11 and Title 49, relative
15	14		to juveniles.
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17	16		BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
18	17		SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 37-1-128(a), is amended by adding
19	18		the following new subdivision:
20	19		(3) If the court appoints a person or entity to take charge of a child pursuant to
21	20		subdivision (a)(1), then the court may order the child to wear a global positioning
22	21		monitoring system device and order the entity that operates the global positioning
23	22		monitoring system to notify the appointed person or entity if the child violates the
24	23		instructions issued by the court upon release. As used in this subdivision (a)(3), "global
25	24		positioning monitoring system" means the same as defined in § 40-11-152.
26	25		SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-3401(g), is amended by
27	26		redesignating subdivision (g)(5) as subdivision (g)(5)(A), by deleting the language "subdivision
28	27		(g)(5)" wherever it appears and substituting instead the language "subdivision (g)(5)(A)", and by
29	28		adding the following as a new subdivision (g)(5)(B):
30	29		(B)
31	30		(i) If a student is expelled for committing a zero tolerance offense for
32	31		threatening mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity in
33	32		accordance with this section, then the director of schools or the head of the
34	33		public charter school shall require the student to undergo counseling and a
35	34		mental health evaluation to determine whether the student is a threat to
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40	39		themselves or to others before the student may return to school, regardless of
41	40		whether the student has completed the term of the student's expulsion.
42	41		(ii) The mental health evaluation required in subdivision (g)(5)(B)(i) must
43	42		be conducted on an outpatient basis by a mental health agency or a licensed
44	43		private practitioner designated by the commissioner of mental health and
45	44		substance abuse services. The evaluator shall report its findings to the director
46	45		of schools or the head of the public charter school. A report submitted to a
47	46		director of schools or head of a public charter school pursuant to this subdivision
48	47		(g)(5)(B)(ii) is confidential and must not be shared with others, except as may
49	48		otherwise be required by law.
50	49		(iii) The costs of the counseling and mental health evaluation required
51	50		pursuant to subdivision (g)(5)(B)(i) must be borne by the student's parents or the
52	51		student, if the student is eighteen (18) years of age or older.
53	52		SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-4002(e)(5), is amended by
54	53		deleting "§ 49-6-3401(g)(5)" and substituting "§ 49-6-3401(g)(5)(A)".
55	54		SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-4301(a)(3), is amended by
56	55		deleting "§ 49-6-3401(g)(5)" and substituting "§ 49-6-3401(g)(5)(A)".
57	56		SECTION 5. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it, and
58	57		applies to actions occurring on or after that date.