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Government Operations committee advances multiple agency rule changes; many receive positive recommendations
Summary
The committee considered rule changes and administrative updates from state boards and agencies, advancing most items with positive recommendations from the House and/or Senate. Several items prompted questions about fiscal impact, public access, and school-choice implementation.
The Government Operations Committee met Aug. 20 and advanced a slate of rule amendments, fee changes and administrative rules from multiple state boards and agencies, with most items receiving positive recommendations from the House and/or Senate.
The package included emergency licensure rules from the Board of Medical Examiners, updates to body-piercing regulation, fee reinstatements at the Board of Nursing, new rules for outpatient and opioid treatment programs, increased licensing fees for the Tennessee Motor Vehicle Commission, a public records rule from the Tennessee Department of Veterans Services, retrospective updates from the Department of Commerce & Insurance (including the Collection Services Board and Real Estate Commission), appeals-and-hearings rule updates from the Department of Human Services, and education-related rules from the State Board of Education, including the Education Freedom Scholarship (EFS) rules.
Why it matters: These rules affect how professionals are licensed, how state…
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