Bill > SB2227

This bill makes several changes to Tennessee health laws, including revising reporting requirements for suicide data, mandating suicide prevention training for psychologists, defining "palliative care" as specialized care focused on relieving suffering and improving quality of life for patients with serious health conditions and their families, and clarifying the authority of health boards and the commissioner of health to create rules, particularly when legislation sets deadlines for rule promulgation. Specifically, it requires the Department of Health to annually report on suicide attempts and completions, mandates that licensed psychologists complete suicide prevention training, and establishes a process where the commissioner of health can take over rule-making authority from a health board if the board fails to meet legislative deadlines for promulgating rules.