Amends TCA Title 38; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

This bill adds “drug overdose” to the list of incidents that must be reported under present law by certain persons called upon to tender aid, as discussed below. Under present law, all hospitals, clinics, sanitariums, doctors, physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists, undertakers, embalmers, or other persons called upon to tender aid to persons suffering from any wound or other injury inflicted by means of a knife, pistol, gun, or other deadly weapon, or by other means of violence, or suffering from the effects of poison, or suffocation, or where a wound or injury is reasonably believed to have resulted from exposure to a methamphetamine laboratory or a methamphetamine related fire, explosion, or chemical release, or appears to be suffering from or to have been the victim of female genital mutilation must report the incident to the chief of police or sheriff, whichever is applicable, and report to the district attorney general or a member of the district attorney general’s staff of the judicial district in which the injured person has been brought to or where the injury occurred. The report must state the name, residence, and employer of such person, if known, such person’s whereabouts at the time the report is made, the place the injury occurred, and the character and extent of such injuries. This bill adds "drug overdose" to those incidents that must be reported. ON APRIL 25, 2022, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1891, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 specifies that this bill will apply "to the extent allowed by state and federal law." ON APRIL 25, 2022, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 1891 FOR HOUSE BILL 1905, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1891, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 specifies that this bill will apply to "fatal" drug overdoses and "to the extent allowed by state and federal law."