SB 267 - HB 702
FISCAL NOTE
Fiscal Review Committee
Tennessee General Assembly
February 15, 2025
Fiscal Analyst: Chris Higgins | Email: chris.higgins@capitol.tn.gov | Phone: 615-741-2564
SB 267 - HB 702
SUMMARY OF BILL: Establishes that a collection station operated by a medical laboratory
owner that is a licensee of a medical laboratory in this state does not require an additional license,
without regard to where specimens collected at the medical laboratory owner's collection stations are
transported, as long as the medical laboratory owner of the licensed medical laboratory retains
ownership and oversight of the collection stations.
Establishes that a collection station operated by a person who is not a medical laboratory owner that
is a licensee of a medical laboratory located in this state must have a license issued by the Medical
Laboratory Board (Board).
FISCAL IMPACT:
NOT SIGNIFICANT
Assumptions:
• Pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-29-122(c), collection stations owned and operated as
part of a laboratory licensed in Tennessee do not require an additional license. Collection
stations owned and operated by laboratories in other states are required to have a
Tennessee license.
• The proposed legislation clarifies that the location to which specimens collected at a
collection station are transported does not affect the ability of such collection station to
operate without an additional license from the Board, so long as the medical laboratory
owner of the licensed medical laboratory retains ownership of the medical laboratory and
oversight of the collection stations.
• There is not estimated to be a significant change in the amount of licensing revenue
collected by the Board as a result of the proposed legislation.
• Any rules regarding collection stations can be promulgated utilizing existing Board
resources, without a significant increase in expenditures.
• Any fiscal impact to the Board or the Department of Health is estimated to be not
significant.
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CERTIFICATION:
The information contained herein is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
Bojan Savic, Executive Director