{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-71-5-169","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 71-5-169","heading":"Section definitions - Reimbursement for non-opioid treatment to healthcare providers and hospitals","body":"(a) As used in this section: (1) \"Division\" means the division of TennCare; and (2) \"Non-opioid treatment\" means a drug or biological product that is indicated to produce analgesia without acting on the body's opioid receptors. (b) The division shall ensure that reimbursement is provided to a healthcare provider who provides a non-opioid treatment to a recipient under the medical assistance program. (c) The division shall ensure that, to the extent permitted by law, a hospital that provides either inpatient or outpatient services to a recipient is reimbursed under the medical assistance program for any medically necessary non-opioid treatment provided as a part of those services. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 762,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024.\n(a) As used in this section: (1) \"Division\" means the division of TennCare; and (2) \"Non-opioid treatment\" means a drug or biological product that is indicated to produce analgesia without acting on the body's opioid receptors.\n(1) \"Division\" means the division of TennCare; and\n(2) \"Non-opioid treatment\" means a drug or biological product that is indicated to produce analgesia without acting on the body's opioid receptors.\n(b) The division shall ensure that reimbursement is provided to a healthcare provider who provides a non-opioid treatment to a recipient under the medical assistance program.\n(c) The division shall ensure that, to the extent permitted by law, a hospital that provides either inpatient or outpatient services to a recipient is reimbursed under the medical assistance program for any medically necessary non-opioid treatment provided as a part of those services.","path":["TN Code","Title 71","Chapter 5"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"772b59b807267c7a00a4fbb929f04614e4dd402547471bfc2b23098a41733118","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-71-5-168","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-71-5-170"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}