Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.

This bill requires the comptroller of the treasury, in conjunction with the bureau of TennCare and the department of health, to study the use of temporary staffing provided by healthcare staffing agencies in long-term care facilities. The study must specifically examine: (1) The costs paid by nursing homes for temporary staff provided by healthcare staffing agencies, and the effect those costs may have on the TennCare program; (2) The impact any charge increase for temporary healthcare staffing has on assisted-care living facilities; and (3) Practices that would improve the quality of long-term care facility resident care while reducing costs to the TennCare program. This bill requires the comptroller to deliver the report to the speaker of the senate, the speaker of the house, and the legislative librarian no later than January 1, 2023.