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SB0460 • 2026

Public Health

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 14; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to health care.

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

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about what information must be included in the reports or how frequently they should be sent. It also does not specify when the reporting process begins.

Health Care Reporting Act

This bill amends Tennessee's health care laws to require annual reports on needle exchange programs to be sent to both members of the general assembly and the legislative librarian.

What This Bill Does

  • Amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-1-136(f), to include the legislative librarian as a recipient of annual reports from county or district health departments that operate needle exchange programs.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Tennessee Department of Health
  • County or district health departments that run needle exchange programs

Terms To Know

Legislative librarian
A person who works in the state legislature to help find information for lawmakers.
Needle and hypodermic syringe exchange program
A health service that provides clean needles and syringes to people who inject drugs, aiming to reduce the spread of diseases like HIV and hepatitis.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how often these reports must be sent.
  • It is unclear what actions will be taken based on the information in these reports.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor 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. 2025-01-29 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  6. 2025-01-29 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 516
By Terry

SENATE BILL 460
By Briggs

SB0460
001834
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4;
Title 8; Title 14; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39;
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 68-1-136(f), is amended by deleting
the language "report to the members of the general assembly" and substituting "report to the
members of the general assembly and the legislative librarian".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.