{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-71-5-170","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 71-5-170","heading":"Denial of non-opioid prescription in favor of opioid prescription prohibited","body":"Notwithstanding another law, when a healthcare prescriber prescribes a non-opioid medication for the treatment of acute or chronic pain, a managed care organization or other health insurance issuer shall not deny coverage of the non-opioid prescription drug in favor of an opioid prescription drug. As used in this section, \"healthcare prescriber\" means a prescriber as defined in § 53-10-203 .","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":"1855407528cbb606a3ef0e33601ed14a5c521821bb52aad1c8247e5b0b7f7b06","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-71-5-169","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-71-5-171"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}