Bill Title: As enacted, requires a blood test for the presence of the hepatitis and AIDS/HIV viruses to be administered to an arrested person if requested by a law enforcement officer, TBI employee, firefighter, EMT-paramedic, or EMT who may have been exposed to the virus; specifies that the test is for any hepatitis virus, rather than just hepatitis B. - Amends TCA Section 68-10-116.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-05-22 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 345 [HB1283 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Bill Dunn [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-016	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Larry Miller [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-088	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mark Pody [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-017	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Barbara Cooper [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-086	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul Sherrell [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-043	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Ragan [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-033	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative G.A. Hardaway [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-093	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Rick Staples [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-015	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Holsclaw [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-004	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Antonio Parkinson [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-098	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative JoAnne Favors [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-028	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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