SENATE BILL 421
By Reeves
HOUSE BILL 1239
By Helton-Haynes
HB1239
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33;
Title 41; Title 53 and Title 63, relative to healthcare
prescribers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 53-11-311(c)(2)(P), is amended by
deleting "at any given time." and substituting "at any given time; or".
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 53-11-311(c)(2), is amended by
designating subdivisions (A)-(P) as subdivisions (A)(1)-(16) and adding the following new
subdivision:
(B)
(1) Has an active registration with the federal drug enforcement agency;
(2) Is employed by or contracts with a state correctional facility, as
defined in ยง 41-21-206, or a county or municipal jail to provide healthcare
services on-site or via telemedicine; and
(3) Has adopted clinical protocols for the facilitation or continuance of
medication-assisted treatment for persons who are incarcerated in or to be
released from such state correctional facility or county or municipal jail.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.