Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 740: Health Care - As introduced, removes an obsolete provision that required, on or before January 15, 2018, the commissioner of health, in consultation with the perinatal advisory committee and with the assistance of relevant state agencies, to report to legislative committees with jurisdiction over health care concerning aspects of births involving neonatal abstinence syndrome and opioid use by women of childbearing age. - Amends TCA Title 14; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

Introduced Last action February 6, 2025: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

Plain-language summary

HB 740 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Health Care - As introduced, removes an obsolete provision that required, on or before January 15, 2018, the commissioner of health, in consultation with the perinatal advisory committee and with the assistance of relevant state agencies, to report to legislative committees with jurisdiction over health care concerning aspects of births involving neonatal abstinence syndrome and opioid use by women of childbearing age. - Amends TCA Title 14; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68. Primary sponsor: Paul Sherrell (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 6, 2025): P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Paul Sherrell (Republican).