Tennessee Senate Bill 1765 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 20 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-02-20 - Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee - no second
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

As introduced, requires the department of finance and administration, in collaboration with the department of health and the bureau of TennCare, to apply for federal approval to import prescription drugs from Canada; requires the department to notify the governor, speaker of the house of representatives and speaker of the senate upon receipt of federal approval; requires the department of finance and administration to develop a plan to implement a program within six months of federal approval. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to prescription drugs.

Sen. London Lamar [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-20	Senate	Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee - no second
2024-02-13	Senate	Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/20/2024
2024-01-25	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
2024-01-24	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2024-01-22	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB1956 (Crossfiled) 2024-01-30 - Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1765&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB1765.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/SB1765.pdf