Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 68, Chapter 2, Part 6.

This bill provides that if a county or city experiences a health emergency, including, without limitation, a statewide declaration of the existence of a health epidemic or pandemic, a countywide or citywide epidemic, or the imminent threat of an epidemic or pandemic, resulting in the need for health policies that affect the entire county or city, the county mayor has the exclusive authority in the unincorporated areas of the county, and each city mayor has the exclusive authority in the corporate limits of the mayor's city, to establish and implement such policies under advisement from the county health director or county health officer, or both, as necessary. During a health emergency, the county board of health also becomes advisory to the county mayor and each city mayor in the county. This provision will apply in Shelby County. This bill further provides that if a county experiences a countywide health emergency, including, without limitation, a statewide declaration of the existence of a health epidemic, a countywide epidemic, or the imminent threat of an epidemic, resulting in the need for health policies that affect the entire county, the county mayor must, and has the exclusive authority to, establish and implement such policies under advisement from the county health director or county health officer, or both, as necessary. During a health emergency, the county board of health also becomes advisory to the county mayor. This provision will apply in Shelby, Davidson, Knox, Hamilton, Sullivan, and Madison counties.