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SB1242 • 2026

Drugs, Prescription

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 33 and Title 71, relative to medical assistance.

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Sponsor
Haile, Hicks G
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 details on what the study found or how it was being used recently.

Removing an Old Rule About Prescription Drugs in Nursing Homes

This bill removes an old rule that required studying how prescription drugs are used and paid for in nursing homes.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes a section of the Tennessee Code that asked for a study on prescription drug use in nursing homes.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who work with or study prescription drug use in nursing homes may no longer need to follow this old rule.

Terms To Know

TennCare
The Medicaid health insurance program for low-income Tennesseans, including nursing home residents.

Limits and Unknowns

  • It is not clear how many people were still following this old rule or if it was being used recently.
  • There are no details on what the study found before it was removed.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor change.

  2. 2025-02-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) withdrawn.

  3. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee

  4. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  5. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  6. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  7. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  8. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 1187
By Hicks G

SENATE BILL 1242
By Haile

SB1242
003331
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4;
Title 33 and Title 71, relative to medical
assistance.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 71-5-195, is amended by deleting the
section.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.