2021-2022 Regular Session • Tennessee Legislature
HB2220: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 3, Part 5, relative to military veterans.
Legislative Summary
As enacted, requires attending physician, chief medical officer, or medical examiner signing the medical certification of the cause of death of a military veteran to, prior to signing, review medical records, including records from the U.S. department of veterans affairs, if the deceased person is known to be a military veteran and if the physician, chief medical officer, or medical examiner is provided access to the records in order to determine if a service-connected disability was the principal or major contributory cause of death. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 3, Part 5.
Bill History
1/31/2022
Filed for introduction
House of Representatives
2/2/2022
Intro., P1C.
House of Representatives
2/3/2022
P2C, ref. to Health Committee
House of Representatives
2/7/2022
Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee
House of Representatives
3/2/2022
Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
House of Representatives
3/8/2022
Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/15/2022
House of Representatives
3/8/2022
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
3/9/2022
Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
House of Representatives
3/15/2022
Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/22/2022
House of Representatives
3/16/2022
Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/22/2022
House of Representatives
3/22/2022
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee
House of Representatives
3/23/2022
Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/30/2022
House of Representatives
3/30/2022
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
House of Representatives
3/30/2022
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/31/2022
House of Representatives
3/31/2022
H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022
House of Representatives
3/31/2022
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
4/4/2022
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
4/7/2022
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
4/7/2022
Comp. SB subst.
House of Representatives
4/26/2022
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 902
Amendments
HA0858
Amendment 1-0 to HB2220
3/30/2022Not Adopted
Status Information
Current Status
Passed(4/26/2022)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sine DiePrior Session
Sponsors
Democrat: 11
Republican: 45
Primary Sponsor
Jason Hodges
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (55)
Darren Jernigan
Democrat
Mark White
Republican
Sabi Kumar
Republican
John Crawford
Republican
Curtis Johnson
Republican
John Holsclaw
Republican
Tim Rudd
Republican
Jerome Moon
Republican
Curtis Halford
Republican
Gary Hicks
Republican
Ryan Williams
Republican
Pat Marsh
Republican
Jason Zachary
Republican
Mary Littleton
Republican
Eddie Mannis
Republican
Patsy Hazlewood
Republican
Jeremy Faison
Republican
Tim Hicks
Republican
Clark Boyd
Republican
Lowell Russell
Republican
Andrew Farmer
Republican
Michele Carringer
Republican
Mark Cochran
Republican
Greg Vital
Republican
Iris Rudder
Republican
Bud Hulsey
Republican
Scotty Campbell
Republican
Harold Love
Democrat
Bill Beck
Democrat
Scott Cepicky
Republican
Vincent Dixie
Democrat
Antonio Parkinson
Democrat
Dennis Powers
Republican
Justin Lafferty
Republican
Esther Helton-Haynes
Republican
Cameron Sexton
Republican
Debra Moody
Republican
Bryan Terry
Republican
Clay Doggett
Republican
Bob Freeman
Democrat
Terri Lynn Weaver
Republican
Paul Sherrell
Republican
John Windle
Democrat
Dave Wright
Republican
Kirk Haston
Republican
G.A. Hardaway
Democrat
Brandon Ogles
Republican
Rebecca Alexander
Republican
Jay Reedy
Republican
Rick Eldridge
Republican
Torrey Harris
Democrat
Karen Camper
Democrat
Sam Whitson
Republican
John Ragan
Republican
Chris Todd
Republican