Bill Title: As enacted, requires the executive director of the commission on aging and disability to establish within the commission a public guardian working group; requires background checks for persons who volunteer in a position that involves providing direct contact with or direct responsibility for a service recipient in facility or service licensed under the Mental Health, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and/or Treatment, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, and Personal Support Services Licensure Law; revises and adds other provisions regarding vulnerable persons. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 34; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45; Title 47; Title 68 and Title 71.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-05-23 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 427 [HB0415 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Contact	Phone	District	Sponsorship	State Profile	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Dale Carr [R]	Primary	N/A	N/A	HD-012	Sponsored Bills	N/A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Patsy Hazlewood [R]	Cosponsor	N/A	N/A	HD-027	Sponsored Bills	N/A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mark White [R]	Cosponsor	Email	615-741-4415	HD-083	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative G.A. Hardaway [D]	Cosponsor	Email	615-741-5625	HD-093	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Rick Staples [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-015	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Crawford [R]	Cosponsor	Email	615-741-7623	HD-001	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Brenda Gilmore [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-019	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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