Tennessee HB 639: Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, permits a healthcare facility to provide by electronic means a method for an insured or a personal representative of an insured to acknowledge and sign an agreement to receive medical services by an out-of-network provider. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

Status: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee (as of 2021-02-22)

State: Tennessee · Session: 112 · Bill: HB 639

Subjects: Hospitals and Health Care Facilities

Sponsors: Helton, Massey

Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 639 
By Helton 
 
 
HB0639 
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; 
Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to health 
care. 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: 
 SECTION 1.  Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-11-243(b)(2), is amended by 
adding the following at the end of the subdivision: 
A healthcare facility may provide a method for the insured or the insured's personal 
representative to acknowledge and sign the notice by electronic means. 
 SECTION 2.  This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.

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