Chiropractors - As introduced, requires certain insurers to reimburse chiropractic physicians at the same rate as physicians for the same services. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7 and Title 63.
Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, removes the restriction on the direct employment of radiologists, pathologists, anesthesiologists, and emergency physicians by hospitals and certain healthcare facilities. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 63 and Title 68.
Juvenile Offenders - As introduced, permits a court to use juvenile court records, including the disposition and evidence, in pretrial reports used to set bond for criminal offenses; requires the magistrate to consider the defendant's prior juvenile record in determining the defendant's risk of danger to the community. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 40.
Education - As introduced, empowers a student who is an English language learner and who received language assistance services in the classroom during the school year to receive the same language assistance services while taking a Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test or an end-of-course assessment, as long as the receipt of language assistance services does not invalidate the assessment. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, expands the definition of a law enforcement officer to include retired law enforcement officers who are carrying a firearm pursuant to certain state laws for purposes of when a law enforcement officer may carry a firearm. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 39.
Taxes - As enacted, directs TACIR to perform a study of the collection and remittance of state and local taxes, including sales and use taxes, collected at the point of sale by businesses in this state. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 5.
Jails, Local Lock-ups - As enacted, allows a prisoner of a county workhouse or jail to be released from custody on work release or otherwise allowed to leave the grounds of the county workhouse or jail for employment or to perform work in the community, whether paid or unpaid, without using an electronic monitoring device if the judge of the sentencing court and the sheriff of the county where the jail or workhouse is located approve the prisoner's release in writing. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 2.
Medical Occupations - As enacted, enacts the "Physician Assistant (PA) Licensure Compact." - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.
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