SB 1997

  • Tennessee Senate Bill
  • 111th Regular Session (2019-2020)
  • Introduced in Senate Jan 30, 2020
  • Senate
  • House
  • Governor

Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, requires each hospital with surgical services, and each ambulatory surgical treatment center, operating in this state to adopt and implement a policy by July 1, 2021, that prevents human exposure to surgical smoke by the use of a surgical smoke evacuation system during any planned surgical procedure that is likely to generate surgical smoke. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68.

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Actions


Mar 11, 2020

Senate

Deferred to Summer Study

Mar 10, 2020

House

Def. to Summer Study in Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee

Mar 09, 2020

Senate

Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/11/2020

Senate

Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/11/2020

Mar 05, 2020

Senate

Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/9/2020

Mar 04, 2020

House

Placed on s/c cal Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee for 3/10/2020

Feb 26, 2020

Senate

Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/11/2020

Feb 21, 2020

Senate

Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/26/2020

Feb 04, 2020

House

Assigned to s/c Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee

Feb 03, 2020

House

P2C, ref. to Health Committee

Senate

Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee

Jan 30, 2020

House

Intro., P1C.

Senate

Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

Jan 29, 2020

Senate

Filed for introduction

House

Filed for introduction

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