Health Care

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not address specific consequences for individuals who disagree with determinations or lack access to electronic submission methods.

Health Care Changes for Licensing

This bill allows individuals to request pre-application determinations of eligibility for health care licenses either in writing or electronically and updates judicial review procedures.

What This Bill Does

• Allows individuals to submit a request for a pre-application determination of eligibility for an occupational license based on criminal history either in writing or electronically, rather than exclusively in writing.
• Updates the provision regarding judicial review to clarify that the 30-day window to petition the Davidson County chancery court is triggered by receiving notice, whether written or electronic.

Who It Names or Affects

• People applying for health care licenses in Tennessee
• Licensing authorities who issue these licenses

Terms To Know

Occupational license

A permit or certificate required to legally work in a specific profession.

Judicial review

The process by which courts examine the actions of government agencies and officials.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify what happens if someone disagrees with the determination.
• It is unclear how this will affect people who do not have access to electronic submission methods.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

SENATE BILL 2555
By Reeves

HOUSE BILL 2197
By Gant
HB2197
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, 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 63-1-130(b), is amended by deleting
subdivision (3) and substituting:
(3) Prior to submitting the application necessary to obtain a license, certification,
or registration, an individual may request in writing or electronically a notice from the
licensing authority from which the individual seeks to obtain a license, certification, or
registration concerning the individual's qualification to obtain the license, certificate, or
registration, based on the individual's criminal history. If the licensing authority
determines that an individual is disqualified due to the individual's criminal history, the
licensing authority must provide the individual with a written notification that sets forth
the reasons for its determination and its justification in accordance with subdivision
(b)(4)(A). The notice as to the individual's qualifications to obtain a license, certificate, or
registration must be limited to the individual's criminal history and should not be
construed as prohibiting the licensing authority from denying an application on other
grounds. This determination applies exclusively to the individual and is not an advisory
or formal opinion of the licensing authority.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-1-130(c), is amended by deleting
"written" and substituting "written or electronic".
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.