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TN HB1215

TN HB1215
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to managed care organizations.


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Introduced
01/31/2023
In Committee
02/21/2023
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
04/25/2024

Introduced Session

113th General Assembly

Bill Summary

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.

AI Summary

This bill prohibits any managed care organization (MCO) that contracts with the bureau of TennCare to provide medical assistance from providing reimbursement or coverage for medical procedures that are performed for the purpose of enabling a person to identify with or live as an identity inconsistent with their biological sex, or to treat perceived distress from a discordance between a person's sex and their asserted identity. The bill defines key terms like "hormone," "MCO," "medical procedure," "puberty blocker," and "sex." It requires the TennCare bureau to revise contracts with MCOs to comply with the prohibition within 30 days, and gives MCOs 90 days to come into compliance or lose their eligibility to provide medical assistance through TennCare.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Business and Industry

Sponsors (3)

Last Action

Returned to the Clerk's Desk. (on 04/18/2023)

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