AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 1; Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to health care.
As introduced, requires gender clinics accepting funds from this state to perform gender transition procedures to also perform detransition procedures; requires insurance entities providing coverage of gender transition procedures to also cover detransition procedures; requires certain gender clinics and insurance entities to report information regarding detransition procedures to the department of health. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
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Right to public transparency. (a) A gender clinic operating in this state shall report statistics regarding all gender transition procedures to the department on a form provided by the department. (b) The department shall develop a form for reporting under subsection (a) and determine the statistics to be reported, which must include: (1) The date on which the gender transition procedure was prescribed or the referral was made for the gender transition procedure; (2) The age and sex of the person for whom the gender transition procedure was prescribed or the gender transition procedure referral was made; (3) For a drug prescribed as part of a gender transition procedure: (A) The name of the drug; (B) The dosage of the drug; (C) The dosage frequency and duration; and (D) The method by which the drug will be administered; (4) For a surgical procedure provided or a referral made for a surgical procedure as part of a gender transition procedure, the type of surgical procedure identified by the current procedural terminology (CPT) code; (5) The state and county of residence of the person receiving the gender transition procedure; (6) The name, contact information, and medical specialty of the healthcare professional who prescribed the gender transition procedure or made the referral for the gender transition procedure; and (7) A list of any diagnoses that the person receiving or referred for a gender transition procedure has received of neurological, behavioral, or mental health conditions.
Legislative Session
113th General Assembly
Sponsors
Calendar
date | time | type | location | description |
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2024-03-13 | 15:30 | Hearing | House Hearing Room I | House Health Committee Hearing |
2024-03-05 | 13:30 | Hearing | House Hearing Room IV | House Health Subcommittee Hearing |
History
Date | Action |
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2024-03-13 | Taken off notice for cal. in Health Committee |
2024-03-06 | Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/13/2024 |
2024-03-05 | Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee |
2024-02-28 | Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/5/2024 |
2024-02-07 | Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee |
2024-02-05 | P2C, ref. to Health Committee - Insurance Committee |
2024-02-01 | Intro., P1C. |
2024-01-31 | Filed for introduction |