ust as the year changed on the clock to 2025 on January 1, so did several new legislative-passed laws, which became the guiding-force among persons living in Tennessee. Some are good while some are difficult to decipher. If you decide to break these enforced laws, then you’re in big trouble.
And notwithstanding, one will need an attorney or a legal representative to interpret the descriptive wordings in these laws. For further clarification, check any search engine or the Tennessee government website. Along with Tennessee, there are many other states adding/changing laws, which began last Wednesday.
• “PROTECT TENNESSEE MINORS ACT” will require age verification for access to explicit (pornography) computer websites. It requires websites “to use a ‘reasonable age verification method’ to verify the age of each active user. It is especially applicable to “where at least 1/3 of the website’s content consists of ‘content harmful to minors.”’ Violation of this law is a Class C felony in Tennessee, which carries a maximum penalty of 3-15 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. At the current time, this law is being challenged as illegal with the pending verdict not yet being addressed and/or released.
• FAIRNESS ACT” requires certain notification to be made if a health insurance provider denies coverage of medications, while citing a prior authorization reason. A prior request for authorization must be made by a physician or a healthcare provider with the same/similar specialty as the healthcare professional requesting the prior authorization.
• “LANDLORD/TENANT TRANSPARENCY” stipulates that landlords must give renters the following information upon entering a lease agreement:
1. The agent authorized to manage the premises, including a third-party management company
2. An owner/agent authorized to act on behalf of the owner.
3. A phone number or email address for maintenance services.
• “SERVICE INDUSTRY TRAINING” is a law designed to help combat alcohol-related sexual assault will impact those in the service industry in Nashville. Briefly, it is called “alcohol awareness training” and lasts for three hours.
• “PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM SOCIAL MEDIA ACT” It requires social media companies to verify the age of persons who sign up for accounts and to ensure they are not minors or else receive “express parental consent” for someone not 16-years-old setting up an account.
• “TENNESSEE WELLNESS LAW” allows for protection for physicians seeking to address “career fatigue” and “workplace burnout.” Simply, a physician will not have to confirm they have a mental illness.
• “GRADUATE PHYSICIANS ACT” allows graduate physicians to practice medicine in Tennessee under specific “collaborative practice agreements.” Graduate physicians would be supervised by licensed physicians.
And notwithstanding, one will need an attorney or a legal representative to interpret the descriptive wordings in these laws. For further clarification, check any search engine or the Tennessee government website. Along with Tennessee, there are many other states adding/changing laws, which began last Wednesday.
• “PROTECT TENNESSEE MINORS ACT” will require age verification for access to explicit (pornography) computer websites. It requires websites “to use a ‘reasonable age verification method’ to verify the age of each active user. It is especially applicable to “where at least 1/3 of the website’s content consists of ‘content harmful to minors.”’ Violation of this law is a Class C felony in Tennessee, which carries a maximum penalty of 3-15 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. At the current time, this law is being challenged as illegal with the pending verdict not yet being addressed and/or released.
• FAIRNESS ACT” requires certain notification to be made if a health insurance provider denies coverage of medications, while citing a prior authorization reason. A prior request for authorization must be made by a physician or a healthcare provider with the same/similar specialty as the healthcare professional requesting the prior authorization.
• “LANDLORD/TENANT TRANSPARENCY” stipulates that landlords must give renters the following information upon entering a lease agreement:
1. The agent authorized to manage the premises, including a third-party management company
2. An owner/agent authorized to act on behalf of the owner.
3. A phone number or email address for maintenance services.
• “SERVICE INDUSTRY TRAINING” is a law designed to help combat alcohol-related sexual assault will impact those in the service industry in Nashville. Briefly, it is called “alcohol awareness training” and lasts for three hours.
• “PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM SOCIAL MEDIA ACT” It requires social media companies to verify the age of persons who sign up for accounts and to ensure they are not minors or else receive “express parental consent” for someone not 16-years-old setting up an account.
• “TENNESSEE WELLNESS LAW” allows for protection for physicians seeking to address “career fatigue” and “workplace burnout.” Simply, a physician will not have to confirm they have a mental illness.
• “GRADUATE PHYSICIANS ACT” allows graduate physicians to practice medicine in Tennessee under specific “collaborative practice agreements.” Graduate physicians would be supervised by licensed physicians.
• “BIRTH CONTROL FOR TENNCARE” allows persons on TennCare to receive a 12-month “refill” on birth control from their health benefit plan and provides coverage for hormonal birth control. They are allowed to get their birth control meds on-site at their doctor’s office.
