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Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide details on how the study will be conducted or what specific resources will be used, only that existing departmental resources should be utilized.

Study on Military Medical Training for Primary Care Careers

This bill requires the Tennessee Department of Health to study ways to help military-trained medical professionals become primary care providers in Tennessee.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the commissioner of health to conduct a study about creating new or simplifying existing pathways for military-trained medical personnel, specifically noncommissioned officers, to become primary care providers.
• The study must identify potential administrative barriers and educational requirements for licensure that are equivalent to military medical training.
• It also needs to find methods for recruiting armed forces veterans with medical training into the primary care provider workforce in Tennessee.
• The commissioner has to give their findings and suggestions for changes by December 31, 2025.

Who It Names or Affects

• Military-trained medical professionals who want to become primary care providers in Tennessee.
• The Tennessee Department of Health which will conduct the study.

Terms To Know

Commissioner

A person in charge of a government department or agency, like the commissioner of health.

Noncommissioned officer

A military rank that is below an officer and often has leadership roles but no commission from the president.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how much money will be used for this study.
• It only requires a report by December 31, 2025, without stating what happens after that date.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

HOUSE BILL 828
By Glynn

SENATE BILL 922
By Campbell

SB0922
002183
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4;
Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to healthcare
providers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. The commissioner of health shall conduct a study on creating new or
streamlining existing pathways to careers as primary care providers for individuals who have
medical training as noncommissioned officers in the armed forces of the United States. The
study must include identifying potential administrative barriers in current law or rule; identifying
educational requirements for licensure in this state for which military medical training is
equivalent to existing, creditable training; recommendations for creating career pathways for
military-trained medical professionals to enter the field of primary care in this state as
physicians, nurses, physician assistants, and other primary care providers; methods for
recruiting armed forces veterans with medical training to enter the primary care provider
workforce of this state; and such other subjects the commissioner may identify and deem
relevant to the study. The commissioner shall conduct the study using existing departmental
resources. The commissioner must deliver the commissioner's findings and any
recommendations for changes to existing law or rule to the chief clerk of the senate, the chief
clerk of the house of representatives, and the legislative librarian no later than December 31,
2025.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.