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House updates Right to Try law to allow individualized genetic investigational treatments
Summary
Senate Bill 282, an update to Tennessee’s Right to Try law, was approved on third reading. Sponsors said the bill would allow eligible terminally ill or severely debilitated patients to request individualized investigational treatments based on their genetic profiles; debate on the floor was brief.
The Tennessee House approved Senate Bill 282 on third and final consideration after Chairman Terry explained the bill updates the state’s Right to Try law to account for advances in genetic medicine.
Chairman Terry said the measure permits eligible terminally ill or severely debilitated patients to request access to individualized investigational treatments tailored to the patient’s…
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