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                             PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 677

                                                    SENATE BILL NO. 2549

                                                        By Reeves, Yarbro

                                           Substituted for: House Bill No. 1954

                                                       By Helton-Haynes

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 53 and Title 63, relative to buprenorphine
          products.

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 53-11-311 (j)(2)(8), is amended by
deleting the subdivision and substituting:

                    (B) Is employed by, contracts with, or subcontracts through the contracted healthcare
          vendor with the department of correction or a county or municipal jail to provide healthcare
          services;

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 2549

PASSED:  March 23, 2026

                                             RANDY UcNALLY
                               SPEAKER OF THESENATE

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                         CAMERONSLWPCN,SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APPROVED this ]ffl... day of /apri (  2026

         BILL LEE, GOVERNOR
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