Bill Sponsors: TN SB1060 | 2019-2020 | 111th General Assembly

Bill Title: As enacted, authorizes nonphysician healthcare providers who are otherwise permitted to prescribe Schedule II or III drugs to also prescribe a buprenorphine product for the treatment of opioid use disorder if certain requirements met. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2020-07-02 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 761 [SB1060 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Senator Steven Dickerson [R]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-020FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Jeff Yarbro [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-021FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Richard Briggs [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-007FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Becky Massey [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-006FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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