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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 272
SENATE BILL NO. 1146
By Crowe, Hatcher, Bowling, Rose, Stevens, Bailey, Jackson, Taylor
Substituted for: House Bill No. 1349
By Littleton, Powers, Hardaway, Fritts, Reedy, Bricken
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to
psychotropic drugs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 38-7-109, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:
(c)(1)
(A) If a county medical examiner's office or regional forensic center is
conducting an autopsy on a decedent who is suspected to have committed a
mass shooting that resulted in the deaths of four (4) or more individuals, then
the county medical examiner or regional forensic center shall consult such
decedent's treating mental health professional or primary care physician, if
known and reasonably able to be identified through the decedent's next of kin,
to obtain information regarding the decedent's psychotropic drug use.
(B) The county medical examiner shall test the decedent for the
presence of any drugs, including therapeutic levels of psychotropic drugs.
(2)(A) The county medical examiner's office or regional forensic center shall
disclose the drug use of the decedent to the health science center and to the
department of health.
(B) The county medical examiner's office or regional forensic center
shall not disclose any identifying information including the decedent's name or
social security number when disclosing the drug use of the decedent to the
health science center and to the department of health.
(C) The county medical examiner shall send only a blood sample of
the decedent to the health science center.
(3) The health science center shall study the drug interactions between the
psychotropic drugs and any other drugs that were present in the decedent's system
as provided by the county medical examiner as described in subdivision (c)(2)(A).
(4) The health science center shall submit quarterly reports of all data
obtained pursuant to this section to the chief clerk of each house of the general
assembly.
(5) As used in this subsection (c):
(1) "Health science center" means the University of Tennessee's
health science center college of pharmacy; and
(2) "Psychotropic drug" means a medication prescribed for the
treatment of mental or behavioral health conditions or a drug prescribed for
any condition that exercises a direct effect upon the central nervous system
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and that is capable of influencing and modifying mood, perceptions, and
behavior, including:
(A) Agents for control of mania and depression;
(8) Antidepressants, including selective serotonin reuptake
inhibitors;
(C) Antipsychotics;
(D) Anxiolytics;
(E) Hypnotics;
(F) Mood stabilizers;
(G) Hormonal medication with the primary goal of altering a
person's physical appearance and sexual characteristics existing at
the person's birth;
(H) Psychomotor stimulants;
(I) Stimulants; and
(J) Benzodiazepines.
(6) The county medical examiner, regional forensic center, department of
health, and the health science center must follow all relevant state and federal privacy
laws related to the implementation of this section.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.
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SENATE BILL NO. 1146
PASSED: Apri I 10, 2025
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SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
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CAMERONSEXTON,SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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day of 2025
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