Children - As enacted, makes various changes and additions to the Families' Rights and Responsibilities Act, and to present law concerning parental consent for the treatment of minors. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 36; Ti, the official text

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                          PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 347

                                                  HOUSE BILL NO. 826

                                  By Representatives Faison, Sherrell, Davis

                                        Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 895

                                                By Senators Haile, Lowe

         AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 49; Title
63 and Title 68, relative to families' rights and responsibilities.

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 36-8-103(c)(7), is amended by
deleting the subdivision and substituting:

                    (7) To have the child excused from school attendance for religious purposes;
          provided, however, that if the child is absent for twenty (20) days or more during a
          school year for religious purposes, then the school may require the parent to attend a
          meeting to discuss the child's educational future;

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 36-8-103(c)(12), is amended by
adding the following new subdivision:

                    (G) An activity approved by the school related to academic instruction.

          SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 36-8-103(d)(3), is amended by adding
the following new subdivisions:

                    (F) A person acts reasonably to render appropriate, non-emergency first aid to a
          minor appearing or represented to be sick or injured. Such non-emergency first aid
          includes, but is not limited to, dressing minor wounds, applying topical agents, providing
          fluids or ice, and performing checks to identify minor illnesses; or

                    (G) In circumstances in which a local education agency has issued a consent
          request to a parent authorizing the entity to make a video or voice recording of the
          parent's child on school property during regular instructional hours or extracurricular
          activities pursuant to subdivision (c)(12); provided, however, that parental consent must
          be obtained before any video or voice recording of the child is published. School officials
          are not required to obtain parental consent before the video or voice recording is
          initiated.

           SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-1-176(c), is amended by adding
the following new subdivisions:

                     (7) A person acts reasonably to render appropriate, non-emergency first aid to a
           minor appearing or represented to be sick or injured. Such non-emergency first aid
           includes, but is not limited to, dressing minor wounds, applying topical agents, providing
           fluids or ice, and performing checks to identify minor illnesses;

                     (8) A healthcare provider, using reasonable medical judgment, based upon the
           facts known to the healthcare provider at the time, performs a screening of a minor who
           the healthcare provider reasonably believes is a trafficked person or a victim of brutality,
           neglect, or abuse in order to determine whether the healthcare provider must make a
           report pursuant to§§ 37-1-403 or 37-1-605; or

                      (9) A school counselor or school psychologist, licensed by the state board of
           education pursuant to title 49, who provides preventative and developmental counseling
           pursuant to§ 49-6-303.
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          SECTION 5. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.

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         HOUSE BILL NO. 826

PASSED:  April 15, 2025

                          CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
                          HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                       RANDY MC
                          SPEAKER OF THE S

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APPROVED this ;J. day of

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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR