Tennessee House Bill 1541/Senate Bill 2364 To Exclude Anxiety & Non-Emergent Depression Episodes From TennCare Payment Reform Initiatives

This bill was enacted on May 23, 2018, by the General Assembly of the state of Tennessee. The bill added the following amendment to Section 71-5-151 of Tennessee Code: "on and after July 1, 2018, in developing or implementing any payment reform initiative involving the use of episodes of care with respect to medical assistance provided under this chapter by the bureau of TennCare or the health care finance and administration (HCFA) of the department of finance and administration, the bureau and the HGFA shall exclude anxiety episodes and non-emergent depression episodes from the initiative. This subsection . . .