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

SB 1283: Public Health - As enacted, adds as a disease for which a laboratory must test during a standard serological test of a pregnant woman hepatitis C antibody (anti-HCV) with automatic reflex to HCV RNA if anti-HCV is reactive, and makes certain other changes to the process of conducting required pregnancy serological tests. - Amends TCA Section 68-5-602.

Enacted Last action March 28, 2025: Pub. Ch. 46

Plain-language summary

SB 1283 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on February 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Public Health - As enacted, adds as a disease for which a laboratory must test during a standard serological test of a pregnant woman hepatitis C antibody (anti-HCV) with automatic reflex to HCV RNA if anti-HCV is reactive, and makes certain other changes to the process of conducting required pregnancy serological tests. - Amends TCA Section 68-5-602. Primary sponsor: Johnson. Most recent recorded action (March 28, 2025): Pub. Ch. 46.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Johnson.