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HB1049 • 2026

Health Care

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to health care.

Healthcare
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Sponsor
Freeman, Yarbro
Last action
2025-03-26
Official status
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about the content or consequences of the annual report.

Health Care Reporting Requirements

This bill changes the frequency of reporting on opioid treatment restrictions from every other year to annually.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the requirement for annual reporting of opioid treatment restrictions and limitations from every other year to every year.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Healthcare practitioners and their regulatory boards
  • Governor and legislative committees in Tennessee

Terms To Know

Opioids
Strong pain medicines that can be addictive if not used carefully.
Commissioner of Health
The person who leads the state's health department and makes decisions about public health rules.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens if the letter is not sent on time.
  • It does not say how the information in the letter will be used or shared with others.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee

  2. 2025-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

  3. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/26/2025

  4. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/26/2025

  5. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/25/2025

  6. 2025-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/25/2025

  7. 2025-03-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/18/2025

  8. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/19/2025

  9. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/19/2025

  10. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/18/2025

  11. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/12/2025

  12. 2025-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee

  13. 2025-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to Health Committee

  14. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

  15. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  16. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  17. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  18. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  19. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 1208
By Yarbro

HOUSE BILL 1049
By Freeman

HB1049
003236
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8;
Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and
Title 71, relative to health care.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-1-164(f), is amended by deleting
"even-numbered".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.