Tennessee House Bill 188: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 27; Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to pregnancy serological testing.

Tennessee · 114 session

What it does

As introduced, requires physicians who attend to a pregnant woman during gestation to take or cause to be taken a sample of blood to test for syphilis infection at the first examination and visit, sometime between the 28th and 32nd week of gestation, and at delivery; clarifies that the hepatitis B surface antigen test is a part of the standard serological test. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27; Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71.

Latest action

Withdrawn. (2025-02-03)

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