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| 7 | | - | PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 100 |
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| 8 | | - | HOUSE BILL NO. 657 |
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| 9 | | - | By Representatives Tim Hicks, Behn, Helton-Haynes, Alexander, Renea Jones, Butler |
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| 10 | | - | Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 619 |
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| 11 | | - | By Senators Harshbarger, Campbell |
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| 12 | | - | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to |
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| 13 | | - | health care. |
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| 2 | + | SENATE BILL 619 |
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| 3 | + | By Harshbarger |
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| 5 | + | HOUSE BILL 657 |
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| 6 | + | By Hicks T |
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| 9 | + | HB0657 |
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| 10 | + | 000718 |
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| 13 | + | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; |
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| 14 | + | Title 63 and Title 68, relative to health care. |
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| 18 | | - | (1) A provider, who is licensed or registered in this state and who has had |
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| 19 | | - | an adverse action taken against the provider's license or registration by a |
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| 20 | | - | relevant board made public pursuant to this section, and such action resulted in |
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| 21 | | - | an order by that board being issued requiring completion of a program or contract |
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| 22 | | - | for peer assistance for substance use disorder or substance use treatment, has |
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| 23 | | - | the right to petition the relevant board following completion of all requirements in |
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| 24 | | - | the peer assistance or treatment program contract to remove information from |
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| 25 | | - | the public-facing licensure verification website regarding the adverse action and |
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| 26 | | - | the order by the relevant board after five (5) years from the completion date of |
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| 27 | | - | that program or contract indicated in such order. |
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| 28 | | - | (2) |
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| 29 | | - | (A) The relevant board shall review and make a determination on |
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| 30 | | - | a removal request submitted pursuant to subdivision (g)(1 ). If the relevant |
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| 31 | | - | board approves the request, then that board shall remove the requested |
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| 32 | | - | information from the public-facing licensure verification website pursuant |
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| 33 | | - | to this section. |
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| 34 | | - | (B) The order remains a public record, as defined in § 10-7-503. |
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| 35 | | - | (3) As used in this subsection, "adverse action" means a disciplinary |
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| 36 | | - | action taken by a licensing board created pursuant to this title. |
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| 37 | | - | (4) The division of health related boards is authorized to promulgate rules |
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| 20 | + | (1) A provider, who is licensed or registered in this state and who has |
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| 21 | + | had an adverse action taken against the provider's license or registration by a |
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| 22 | + | relevant board made public pursuant to this section and such action resulted in a |
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| 23 | + | consent order being issued requiring completion of a peer assistance or |
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| 24 | + | treatment program contract, has the right to petition the relevant board following |
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| 25 | + | completion of all requirements in the peer assistance or treatment program |
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| 26 | + | contract to remove information for public dissemination regarding the adverse |
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| 27 | + | action and consent order after ten (10) years from the start of the probation date |
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| 28 | + | indicated in the consent order. |
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| 29 | + | (2) The relevant board shall review and make a determination on a |
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| 30 | + | removal request submitted pursuant to subdivision (g)(1). If the relevant board |
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| 31 | + | approves the request, then that board shall remove the requested information |
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| 32 | + | from any place the information is made public pursuant to this section. |
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| 33 | + | (3) The division of health related boards is authorized to promulgate rules |
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