HB 859

Health, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the commissioner, in collaboration with the commissioner of mental health and substance abuse services, to conduct a study of presently available, real-time overdose information databases and mapping tools in use in other jurisdictions to determine whether the statewide use of such system in this state is likely to decrease the occurrence of overdose-related deaths, identify obstacles and challenges to implementing such system statewide, and estimate the costs of and a timeline for implementation, and to deliver a report of findings and recommendations to the general assembly by December 31, 2023. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33 and Title 68.