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SB1195 • 2026

Health Care

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 14; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to health care.

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Sponsor
Jackson, Sherrell
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 details about updates to other titles or the elimination of consultation requirements, only that a specific section is removed.

Health Care Act

This bill removes an outdated requirement for reporting on neonatal abstinence syndrome and opioid use by women of childbearing age.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes a section in the Tennessee Code that required reports about births involving neonatal abstinence syndrome and opioid use by women from relevant state agencies.

Who It Names or Affects

  • State agencies involved in reporting on neonatal abstinence syndrome and opioid use by women

Terms To Know

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)
A condition that occurs when a baby is exposed to drugs while in the mother's womb, leading to withdrawal symptoms after birth.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify new requirements or funding for health care programs.
  • It is unclear how the removal of this reporting requirement will affect public awareness or policy decisions regarding neonatal abstinence syndrome and opioid use by women.

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. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  4. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  5. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  6. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

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Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 740
By Sherrell

SENATE BILL 1195
By Jackson

SB1195
002622
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 14;
Title 33; Title 56; 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 68-1-805, is amended by deleting the
section.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.