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Legislature Status: Adjourned until June 1
- April 15, 2020 – The Governor announced Tennessee schools will remain closed the rest of the academic year.
- April 13, 2020 – The Governor issued an Executive Order extending the state’s Stay at Home Order until April 30.
- April 13, 2020 – The Governor announced the development of the Economic Recovery Group to coordinate legislative leadership, local leadership, health care professionals, and industry representatives to reboot the economy.
Legislation
- HB 2915 Enacts the Coronavirus Public Protection Act of 2020. Pending.
- SJR 1265 Urges the General Assembly to provide a grant for children out of school due to coronavirus and in need of food. Adopted.
- HB 2472 Temporarily suspends, modifies, and waives the deadline or other nonacademic requirement in statute, rule, or policy of any financial aid program in response to the coronavirus public health emergency. Enacted.
- HB 2815 Authorizes the governing body of the city of Crossville to allow participation in public meetings by electronic or other means, as necessary to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Pending.
- HB 2818 Upon approval of the state board of education, allows a waiver of a state board rule or statute that inhibits or hinders a local education agency’s ability to meet a goal due solely to the outbreak of COVID-19. Directs the department of education to develop guidance, resources and opportunities for high school students who were adversely affected by school closures due to COVID-19. Enacted.
- HB 2821 Part of a larger budget bill. Appropriates $150 million to a new emergency health and safety response fund. Enacted.
COVID-19 Related Policies – 7/12/2021
32 – Amends EO 15.
Issues: Workers’ Compensation (General), Workers’ Compensation (Medical Coverage And Reimbursement), Mandated Benefits
Summary:
This order amends Executive Order 15, extends certain guidelines, and suspends various requirements in response to COVID-19. See Update 5/15/2020 for full summary.
Most Recent Update:
5/1/2021 This order was issued by Governor Bill Lee (R) on May 1, 2020. This order amends Executive Order 15, extends certain guidelines, and suspends requirements in response to COVID-19.
COVID-19 Related Policies – 05/15/2020
AN ORDER AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 15 AND TAKING OTHER NECESSARY MEASURES TO FACILITATE THE TREATMENT AND CONTAINMENT OF COVID-19
Issues: Mandated Benefits, Workers’ Compensation (General), Workers’ Compensation (Medical Coverage And Reimbursement)
Summary:
This order amends Executive Order 15, extends certain guidelines, and suspends various requirements in response to COVID-19.
This order extends the prohibition on price gouging until May 18, 2020.
This order extends the deadline for TNInvestco annual audited financial statement reports until July 31, 2020.
This order allows the Secretary of State to provide copies of business entity filings without charge when they are sought in connection with obtaining relief from a federal or state disaster assistance program.
This order allows National Guard members to assist in the operation and security of state penitentiaries during the state of emergency under certain circumstances.
This order allows shareholders to conduct meetings remotely.
This order allows the Commissioner of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities to suspend any requirement for the hiring and retention of an employee or volunteer to address staffing shortages resulting from COVID-19.
This order allows services provided by a physical therapist, occupational therapist, or speech pathologist and delivered via telemedicine to be reimbursed as if they were delivered in-person.
This measure suspends the requirement that nurse practitioners who have been issued a certificate of fitness to write and sign prescriptions must collaborate with a physician.
This order goes into effect immediately.
Most Recent Update: This order was issued by Governor Bill Lee (R) on May 1, 2020. This order amends Executive Order 15, extends certain guidelines, and suspends requirements in response to COVID-19.
Tennessee Regulatory Updates 2/7/2023
HB 82 –Workers Compensation – As Introduced, Makes Various Changes to the Workers’ Compensation Law. – Amends Tca Title 50, Chapter 6.
Issues: Workers’ Compensation (General)
Summary:
This measure defines “wrongfully” for purposes of failing to provide medical treatment. It defines wrongfully as “erroneously, incorrectly, or in a manner otherwise inconsistent with the law or facts.” It also makes a number out of scope of changes regarding payments from the uninsured employers’ fund.
Most Recent Update:
1/10/2023 This measure has been introduced for the 2023 legislative session. This measure awaits referral to committee.
SB 97 – Workers Compensation – As Introduced, Specifies That the Maximum Weekly Death Benefit Available Through Workers’ Compensation For a Deceased Employee Who Leaves Dependents Is 75 Percent of the Employee’s Average Weekly Wage Up to 100 Percent of the State’s Average Weekly Wage; Removes Language That Dependent Children of the Deceased Employee Have the Status of Orphan Upon the Surviving Spouse’s Remarriage; Makes Other Related Changes to the Compensation Percentages For Surviving Spouses and Children. – Amends Tca Title 50, Chapter 6.
Issues: Workers’ Compensation (General)
Summary:
This measure specifies for injuries occurring on or after 1/1/2023 that the maximum weekly death benefit available through workers’ compensation for a deceased employee who leaves dependents is seventy-five percent of the employee’s average weekly wage up to one hundred percent of the state’s average weekly wage.
This measure removes language that dependent children of the deceased employee have the status of orphan upon the surviving spouse’s remarriage and makes other related changes to the compensation percentages for surviving spouses and children from sixty-six and two-thirds percent to seventy-five percent.
Most Recent Update:
1/11/2023 This measure has been introduced by Senator Page Walley (R). This measure awaits committee referral.
SB 263 – Workers Compensation – As Introduced, Makes Various Changes to the Workers’ Compensation Law. – Amends Tca Title 50, Chapter 6.
Issues: Workers’ Compensation (General)
Summary:
This measure defines wrongfully for purposes of failing to provide medical treatment. It defines wrongfully as “erroneously, incorrectly, or in a manner otherwise inconsistent with the law or facts.” It also makes a number out of scope of changes regarding payments from the uninsured employers’ fund.
Most Recent Update:
1/19/2023 This measure has been filed for the 2023 legislative session. This measure awaits referral to committee.
HB 396 – Workers Compensation – As Introduced, Specifies That the Maximum Weekly Death Benefit Available Through Workers’ Compensation For a Deceased Employee Who Leaves Dependents Is 75 Percent of the Employee’s Average Weekly Wage Up to 100 Percent of the State’s Average Weekly Wage; Removes Language That Dependent Children of the Deceased Employee Have the Status of Orphan Upon the Surviving Spouse’s Remarriage; Makes Other Related Changes to the Compensation Percentages For Surviving Spouses and Children. – Amends Tca Title 50, Chapter 6.
Issues: Workers’ Compensation (General)
Summary:
This measure sets the maximum weekly workers’ compensation death benefit at 75% of the workers’ weekly wage, up to 100% of the state’s weekly wage. It also allows payments up to 22 years of age for surviving dependents, regardless of remarriage of the surviving spouse. It takes effect July 1, 2023.
Most Recent Update:
1/23/2023 This measure has been introduced for the 2023 legislative session. This measure awaits referral to committee.
Tennessee Regulatory Updates 2/3/2022
HB 335 – AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-51-201, relative to compensation paid to firefighters for certain conditions or injuries.
Issues: Workers’ Compensation (Medical Coverage and Reimbursement), Workers’ Compensation (General)
Summary:
This measure adds leukemia and testicular cancer as conditions eligible for compensation. Firefighters wanting to use the presumption established in the subjection must obtain a physical medical examination by July 1, 2019, including cancer screening that failed to provide evidence of lymphoma cancer, colon cancer, skin cancer, or multiple myeloma cancer. Those firefighters wanting to use the presumption established for leukemia or testicular cancer must have had a medical examination that failed to reveal evidence of leukemia or testicular cancer after July 1, 2021. This measure takes effect on July 1, 2021.
Most Recent Update:
2/1/2022 This measure will be heard on February 1 in the Local Government Committee. The Tennessee legislature is meeting in-person for the 2022 legislative session. Anyone wishing to testify may do so by contacting the committee Chair. Testimony must be submitted at least 24 hours in advance of the hearing. A vote may occur at the discretion of the Chair. In Tennessee, measures are typically considered in a subcommittee before being considered by the full committee.
Legislative Updates 2020
HB 2577 – AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 8; Title 33; Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 56, relative to treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Summary:
This measure allows for greater workers’ compensation coverage for post-traumatic streess disorder (PTSD).
Specifically, this measure creates a presumption that a public safety employee diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) sustained the injury in the line of duty for purposes of workers’ compensation.
Most Recent Update: This measure was scheduled to be heard on March 16. No action has been reported. This measure is eligible for further consideration pending committee outcome.
SB 2691 – AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 8; Title 33; Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 56, relative to treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Summary:
This measure allows for greater workers’ compensation coverage for post-traumatic streess disorder (PTSD).
Specifically, this measure creates a presumption that a public safety employee diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) sustained the injury in the line of duty for purposes of workers’ compensation.
Most Recent Update: Action was deferred on this measure during the March 17 hearing in the Senate Commerce & Labor Committee, chaired by Senator Paul Bailey (R).This measure remains eligible for consideration when the legislature returns, which is scheduled for June 1, 2020.
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