Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

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4	4	SENATE BILL 1282
5	5	By Johnson
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8	8	SB1282
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12	12	AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section
13	13	53-8-103; Title 68, Chapter 110; Title 68, Chapter
14	14	111; Title 68, Chapter 14 and Title 68, Chapter 15,
15	15	relative to health.
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17	17	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
18	18	SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 53-8-103, is amended by deleting
19	19	subdivision (8) and substituting instead:
20	20	(8) "Food Code" means the 2009 Food Code as published by the United States
21	21	department of health and human services, public health service, food and drug
22	22	administration, or any subsequent Food Code, or portions thereof, published by the
23	23	United States department of health and human services, public health service, food and
24	24	drug administration, and adopted by rule by the commissioner;
25	25	SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-14-303(4), is amended by
26	26	deleting the language "once per month" and substituting instead "every three (3) months".
27	27	SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-14-503(4), is amended by
28	28	deleting the language "once every six (6) months," and substituting instead "once every year,".
29	29	SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-14-703, is amended by deleting
30	30	subdivision (16) and by deleting subdivision (10) and substituting instead:
31	31	(10) "Food Code" means the 2009 Food Code as published by the United States
32	32	department of health and human services, public health service, food and drug
33	33	administration, or any subsequent Food Code, or portions thereof, published by the
34	34	United States department of health and human services, public health service, food and
35	35	drug administration, and adopted by rule by the commissioner;
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40	40	SECTION 5. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-14-713, is amended by deleting
41	41	the section and substituting instead:
42	42	(a) The commissioner of health shall set the permit fee by rule, promulgated in
43	43	accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter
44	44	5, for each of the following to operate:
45	45	(1) A food service establishment;
46	46	(2) An auxiliary food service operation;
47	47	(3) A temporary food service establishment;
48	48	(4) A child care center food service establishment;
49	49	(5) Congregate meal sites funded through the department of disability
50	50	and aging that are food service establishments;
51	51	(6) A school food service establishment; and
52	52	(7) A farmers market food unit.
53	53	(b) This section does not apply to family child care homes, as defined in § 71-3-
54	54	501.
55	55	(c) If the permit fee is delinquent for more than thirty (30) calendar days, a
56	56	penalty fee of one-half (1/2) the permit fee must be assessed, in addition to the permit
57	57	fee. If a check is returned for any reason, a penalty fee of one-half (1/2) the permit fee
58	58	must be assessed in addition to the permit fee. The permit fee, plus any penalty, must
59	59	be paid before the permit is issued.
60	60	(d) When an institution operates several group homes within close proximity to
61	61	each other, the permit fee must be assessed only against the institution and not against
62	62	each individual group home.
63	63	(e) This section does not apply to a blind vendor subject to title 71, chapter 4,
64	64	part 5.
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69	69	SECTION 6. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 14, Part 7, is amended by
70	70	deleting Sections 68-14-723 – 68-14-726 in their entireties.
71	71	SECTION 7. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-15-205, is amended by deleting
72	72	the first two sentences.
73	73	SECTION 8. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-110-101(3), is amended by
74	74	inserting the following as new subdivisions:
75	75	( ) "Organized camp" does not include camps that are established for
76	76	and used exclusively for residential purposes other than camping, if:
77	77	(i) No permanent or semipermanent structures or buildings are
78	78	established or maintained on the property as living or sleeping quarters,
79	79	restrooms, or a cafeteria or kitchen, to provide an outdoor group living
80	80	experience for children or adults; and
81	81	(ii) Sites are rented for a week or longer;
82	82	( ) "Organized camp" does not include places established and used for a
83	83	short-term rental unit as defined in § 13-7-602(8);
84	84	SECTION 9. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-110-106, is amended by deleting
85	85	the language "not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00)" and
86	86	substituting instead "not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one hundred dollars
87	87	($100)".
88	88	SECTION 10. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 111, is amended by
89	89	deleting the chapter in its entirety.
90	90	SECTION 11. For the purpose of rulemaking, Section 5 of this act takes effect upon
91	91	becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, Section 5 of this act
92	92	takes effect January 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it. For the purpose of rulemaking and
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97	97	for all other purposes, all remaining sections of this act take effect upon becoming a law, the
98	98	public welfare requiring it.