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HB0389 • 2026

Health Care

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, relative to pain management.

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Sponsor
Terry, Briggs
Last action
2025-02-05
Official status
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material only specifies changes related to reporting times and does not provide details on broader impacts or updates to pain management practices.

Changing Pain Management Reporting Time

This bill changes the time limit for healthcare licensing boards to report pain management penalties to the state health department from 30 days to 14 days.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the time limit for reporting pain management penalties from 30 days to 14 days.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Healthcare licensing boards that report discipline or penalties related to pain management rules
  • The state health department that receives reports about healthcare provider discipline or penalties

Terms To Know

Pain Management
How doctors and nurses help patients with pain relief.
Licensing Board
A group that makes sure healthcare workers follow rules.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how the shorter reporting time will impact healthcare providers or patient care.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee

  2. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  3. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  4. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  5. 2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  6. 2025-01-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 363
By Briggs

HOUSE BILL 389
By Terry

HB0389
001364
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63,
relative to pain management.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-1-306(c), is amended by deleting
the language "thirty (30) days" and substituting "fourteen (14) days".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.