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SB0363 • 2026

Health Care

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

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Sponsor
Briggs, Terry
Last action
2025-02-12
Official status
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide information on how this change will affect patient care or safety, nor does it specify consequences for missing the deadline.

Changing Pain Management Reporting Time

This bill changes the time limit for reporting pain management penalties 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 providers who manage patient pain
  • Licensing boards that oversee healthcare providers

Terms To Know

Pain management
How doctors and nurses help patients deal with pain.
Licensing board
A group that makes sure healthcare providers follow rules and standards.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify the consequences for missing the new deadline.
  • It is unclear how this change will affect patient care or safety.

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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HOUSE BILL 389
By Terry

SENATE BILL 363
By Briggs

SB0363
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.