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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE BILL 259 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By Pody |
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| 5 | 5 | | HOUSE BILL 853 |
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| 6 | 6 | | By Reneau |
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| 8 | 8 | | |
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| 9 | 9 | | HB0853 |
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| 10 | 10 | | 001454 |
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| 11 | 11 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 13 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; |
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| 14 | 14 | | Title 36; Title 37; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68, |
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| 15 | 15 | | relative to healthcare treatment of minors. |
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| 17 | 17 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 33-8-202, is amended by deleting |
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| 19 | 19 | | subdivision (c)(1) and substituting: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) A child's parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian may access all mental |
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| 21 | 21 | | health treatment, medical, rehabilitation, and prescription records resulting from |
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| 22 | 22 | | treatment provided to an unemancipated minor pursuant to this section; |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 33-8-202(c)(2), is amended by |
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| 24 | 24 | | deleting "prescription records" wherever it appears and substituting "mental health treatment, |
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| 25 | 25 | | medical, rehabilitation, or prescription records". |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-11-304, is amended by deleting |
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| 27 | 27 | | subsection (i) and substituting: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (i) If an unemancipated minor receives medical treatment, then the minor's |
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| 29 | 29 | | parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, or other person with medical decision-making |
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| 30 | 30 | | authority for the unemancipated minor may access, and a healthcare provider or |
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| 31 | 31 | | healthcare facility shall provide access to, all medical treatment and prescription records |
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| 32 | 32 | | resulting from medical treatment of the minor, even if the treatment was provided to the |
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| 33 | 33 | | unemancipated minor without parental consent, including, but not limited to, treatment |
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| 34 | 34 | | provided pursuant to § 68-10-104(c), § 68-34-107, § 63-6-220, § 63-6-222, or § 63-6- |
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| 35 | 35 | | 223. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-11-304(j), is amended by deleting |
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| 41 | 41 | | "prescription records" wherever it appears and substituting "medical treatment or prescription |
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| 42 | 42 | | records". |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 5. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 36-8-103, is amended by deleting |
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| 44 | 44 | | subdivision (c)(4) and substituting: |
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| 45 | 45 | | (4) To access and review all health and medical records of the child, including |
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| 46 | 46 | | health and medical records related to treatments available to unemancipated minors |
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| 47 | 47 | | without parental consent; |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 6. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-1-165(b), is amended by adding |
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| 49 | 49 | | the following as new subdivisions: |
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| 50 | 50 | | ( ) "Medical procedure" means a course of action intended to achieve a result in |
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| 51 | 51 | | the delivery of health care; |
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| 52 | 52 | | ( ) "Medical treatment": |
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| 53 | 53 | | (A) Means any step taken to effect a cure of an injury or disease; and |
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| 54 | 54 | | (B) Includes examination; diagnosis; the application of remedies; and the |
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| 55 | 55 | | use of a medical procedure, regardless of whether the medical procedure is |
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| 56 | 56 | | invasive or non-invasive; |
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| 57 | 57 | | SECTION 7. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-1-165(c)(1), is amended by |
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| 58 | 58 | | deleting the first sentence and substituting: |
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| 59 | 59 | | A healthcare provider shall not provide a vaccination to or perform medical |
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| 60 | 60 | | treatment on a minor unless the healthcare provider first receives informed consent from |
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| 61 | 61 | | a parent or legal guardian of the minor. |
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| 62 | 62 | | SECTION 8. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-1-165(c), is amended by adding |
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| 63 | 63 | | the following as a new subdivision: |
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| 68 | 68 | | (5) Notwithstanding subdivision (c)(1), a physician licensed pursuant to chapter |
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| 69 | 69 | | 6 or 9 of this title may perform emergency medical treatment on a minor in compliance |
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| 70 | 70 | | with § 63-6-222, despite the absence of informed consent from a parent or guardian or a |
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| 71 | 71 | | court order. |
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| 72 | 72 | | SECTION 9. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-1-176, is amended by deleting |
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| 73 | 73 | | subdivision (c)(6) and substituting: |
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| 74 | 74 | | (6) An employee of a local education agency: |
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| 75 | 75 | | (A) Acts to control bleeding using a bleeding control kit pursuant to § 49- |
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| 76 | 76 | | 2-137; or |
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| 77 | 77 | | (B) Provides bandages, gauze, or ice packs for the treatment of minor |
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| 78 | 78 | | cuts, scrapes, bumps, and bruises. |
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| 79 | 79 | | SECTION 10. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. |
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