Controlled Substances - As enacted, authorizes additional healthcare providers to directly administer buprenorphine mono or buprenorphine without the use of naloxone; adds that prescribing a buprenorphine product to nursing mother or prescribing an injectable mono product does not restrict certain healthcare providers from prescribing a buprenorphine product for the treatment of opioid use disorder without naloxone. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 11.
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Introduced
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History
2026
Apr 24Comp. became Pub. Ch. 753Latest
Mar 30Companion House Bill substitutedMajor
Mar 27Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/30/2026
Mar 18Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
Vote recorded SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/18/2026 Passed. Result: pass.Upper
Mar 17Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/18/2026
Mar 17Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/18/2026
Mar 11Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/18/2026
Mar 11Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/17/2026
Mar 4Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/11/2026
Feb 18Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/4/2026
Feb 11Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/18/2026
Feb 2Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare CommitteeMinor
Jan 22Introduced, Passed on First ConsiderationMinor