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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 100
HOUSE BILL NO. 657
By Representatives Tim Hicks, Behn, Helton-Haynes, Alexander, Renea Jones, Butler
Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 619
By Senators Harshbarger, Campbell
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to
health care.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-32-105, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:
(g)
(1) A provider, who is licensed or registered in this state and who has had
an adverse action taken against the provider's license or registration by a
relevant board made public pursuant to this section, and such action resulted in
an order by that board being issued requiring completion of a program or contract
for peer assistance for substance use disorder or substance use treatment, has
the right to petition the relevant board following completion of all requirements in
the peer assistance or treatment program contract to remove information from
the public-facing licensure verification website regarding the adverse action and
the order by the relevant board after five (5) years from the completion date of
that program or contract indicated in such order.
(2)
(A) The relevant board shall review and make a determination on
a removal request submitted pursuant to subdivision (g)(1 ). If the relevant
board approves the request, then that board shall remove the requested
information from the public-facing licensure verification website pursuant
to this section.
(B) The order remains a public record, as defined in § 10-7-503.
(3) As used in this subsection, "adverse action" means a disciplinary
action taken by a licensing board created pursuant to this title.
(4) The division of health related boards is authorized to promulgate rules
to effectuate this act. The rules must be promulgated in accordance with the
Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
SECTION 2. For purposes of promulgating rules, this act takes effect upon becoming a
law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, this act takes effect July 1, 2025, the
public welfare requiring it. HOUSE BILL NO. 657
PASSED: March 10, 2025
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CAMERON'"SEXTON,SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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\. RANDY MC\iALL Y
SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
APPROVED this a.:?>~ day of fV\o..nJL 2025
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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR