AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to managed care organizations.
As introduced, prohibits any managed care organization that contracts with the bureau of TennCare to provide medical assistance from providing reimbursement or coverage for a medical procedure if the performance or administration of the procedure is for the purpose of enabling a person to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the person's sex, or treating purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between a person's sex and asserted identity. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71.
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A managed care organization (MCO) that contracts with the bureau of TennCare to provide medical assistance pursuant to this part shall not provide reimbursement or coverage for a medical procedure if the performance or administration of the procedure is for the purpose of: (1) Enabling a person to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the person's sex; or (2) Treating purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between a person's sex and asserted identity.
Legislative Session
113th General Assembly
Calendar
| date | time | type | location | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-15 | 10:30 | Hearing | House Hearing Room III | House Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee Hearing |
| 2023-03-08 | 10:30 | Hearing | House Hearing Room III | House Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee Hearing |
| 2023-03-01 | 10:30 | Hearing | House Hearing Room III | House Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee Hearing |
| 2023-02-21 | 10:30 | Hearing | House Hearing Room I | House Insurance Committee Hearing |
| 2023-02-14 | 12:00 | Hearing | House Hearing Room I | House Insurance Subcommittee Hearing |
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2023-04-18 | Returned to the Clerk's Desk. |
| 2023-04-12 | Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/18/2023 |
| 2023-03-15 | Def. to Special Calendar to be Published with Final Calendar in Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee |
| 2023-03-15 | Placed behind the budget |
| 2023-03-08 | Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/15/2023 |
| 2023-03-08 | Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 3/15/2023 |
| 2023-03-01 | Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/8/2023 |
| 2023-03-01 | Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 3/8/2023 |
| 2023-02-22 | Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/1/2023 |
| 2023-02-22 | Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee |
| 2023-02-21 | Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| 2023-02-15 | Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 2/21/2023 |
| 2023-02-14 | Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee |
| 2023-02-13 | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| 2023-02-08 | Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 2/14/2023 |
| 2023-02-07 | Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee |
| 2023-02-02 | P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee |
| 2023-02-01 | Intro., P1C. |
| 2023-01-31 | Filed for introduction |