Health Care - As enacted, extends the termination date for the Alzheimer's and dementia respite care pilot program from December 31, 2025, to December 31, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 33; Title 52; Title 67 and Titl, the official text

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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 497

                                                 HOUSE BILL NO. 717

By Representatives Renea Jones, Williams, Butler, Keisling, Hale, Sherrell, Freeman,
Clemmons, Behn, Hemmer, Warner, Barrett, Love, Haston, Salinas, Shaw, Moody, Todd,
Brock Martin, Wright, Carringer, McKenzie, Johnson, Littleton, Gary Hicks, Faison,
Helton-Haynes, Tim Hicks, Powers, Gillespie, Burkhart, Hardaway, Chism, Mitchell,
Reedy, Eldridge, Crawford, Reneau, Davis, Camper, Hawk, Bricken, Alexander, Vital,
Miller, Terry, Rudder, Powell, Doggett, White, Sparks, Parkinson

                                       Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 654

  By Senators Crowe, Walley, Jackson, Yager, Akbari, Bailey, Bowling, Campbell, Oliver,
                                                      Reeves, Yarbro

          AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9; Title 33; Title 52; Title 67 and
Title 68, relative to relief for caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related
dementia.

          WHEREAS, one in three senior citizens will die from dementia; and

          WHEREAS, the caregivers of family members with Alzheimer's disease incur
replacement costs and forgone wages estimated to be $36,667 per person; and

          WHEREAS, financial relief is positively related to the level of service and support
provided by informal caregivers; and

          WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that the state create a financial relief program to
benefit Alzheimer's caregivers; now, therefore,

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 52-8-203(b)(4)(B), is amended by
deleting the language "December 31, 2025" and substituting instead the language "December
31, 2026".

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
                    HOUSE BILL NO. 717

PASSED:  April 22, 2025

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                               CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
                               HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                                  \ ., • RANDY MCNA\LY
                                      SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

a Mc, 1-s~ APPROVED this    '-0         2025
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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR