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TN SB1339

TN SB1339
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
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 Tennessee Bureau of TennCare to provide medical assistance from providing reimbursement or coverage for medical procedures that are performed to enable a person to identify with or live as an identity inconsistent with their biological sex, or to treat 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 Bureau of TennCare to revise its contracts with MCOs within 30 days to comply with this law, and any non-compliant MCOs must come into compliance within 90 days or risk losing their eligibility to provide medical assistance through the TennCare program.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry

Sponsors (2)

Last Action

Sponsor change. (on 03/08/2023)
(1 Companion Bills)

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