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| 5 | 4 | | SENATE BILL 692 |
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| 6 | 5 | | By Johnson |
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| 8 | 7 | | |
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| 9 | 8 | | SB0692 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 001316 |
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| 11 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 12 | 11 | | |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9; |
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| 14 | 13 | | Title 14; Title 28; Title 29; Title 33; Title 34; Title |
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| 15 | 14 | | 36; Title 37; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Title 50; |
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| 16 | 15 | | Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to |
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| 17 | 16 | | medical practices. |
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| 19 | 18 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 20 | 19 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-33-106, is amended by adding |
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| 21 | 20 | | the following as a new subsection: |
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| 22 | 21 | | (f) No later than March 1 of each year, the attorney general and reporter shall |
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| 23 | 22 | | report to the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives: |
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| 24 | 23 | | (1) The number of violations of this chapter reported to the attorney |
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| 25 | 24 | | general and reporter; |
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| 26 | 25 | | (2) The number of actions brought against a healthcare provider or any |
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| 27 | 26 | | person who knowingly violates this chapter; and |
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| 28 | 27 | | (3) The amount of civil penalties recovered for violations of this chapter. |
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| 29 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. |
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