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                              PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 68

                                                     SENATE BILL NO. 569

                                                             By Reeves

                                             Substituted for: House Bill No. 693

                                        By Baum, Kumar, Sherrell, Helton-Haynes

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 53, Chapter 10; Title 56, Chapter 32 and Title
          63, Chapter 10, relative to pharmacy.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 53-10-104(a), is amended by inserting the
language "a pharmacist authorized pursuant to § 63-10-204;" immediately preceding "or a
veterinarian".

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 53-10-105, is amended by inserting the
language "pharmacist authorized pursuant to§ 63-10-204," immediately preceding "or veterinarian"
wherever it appears in subsection (a) and subdivision (b)(2).

          SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-10-219(e), is amended by deleting the
language "shall prohibit" and substituting "must not prohibit".

          SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-10-219(f)(2), is amended by deleting the
language "who are insured or covered and receive a pharmacy benefit that covers the cost of hormonal
contraceptives shall not be required to pay an administrative fee. These patients".

          SECTION 5. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 56-32-137, is amended by deleting the
language "certified nurse midwives as described in § 56-7-2407, and" and substituting "certified nurse
midwives as described in§ 56-7-2407, pharmacists as described in§ 56-32-129, and".

          SECTION 6. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 569

PASSED:  March 13, 2025

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                                        RANDY M~ALLY

                         SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

                         CAMERONSEXTON,SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

{V\).x~ ~ APPROVED this
         day of               2025

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         BILL LEE, GOVERNOR