Tennessee Senate Bill 1242

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-12 - Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Pending: Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

As introduced, deletes an obsolete provision that required the comptroller of the treasury, in conjunction with any appropriate TennCare drug utilization review committees, to study the use of prescription drugs in nursing homes and the costs of those prescription drugs for residents of nursing homes; to examine prescription use overall; to focus on any practices that would improve the quality of resident care while reducing costs to the TennCare program; and to report by January 1, 2005, to the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33 and Title 71.

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

Sen. Ferrell Haile [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-12	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
2025-02-10	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2025-02-06	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB1187 (Crossfiled) 2025-02-12 - P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1242&ga=114
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1242.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1242.pdf