2016 Tennessee Code
Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts
Chapter 6 - Medicine and Surgery
Part 3 - Phil Timp-Amanda Wilcox Right to Try Act
§ 63-6-304. Payment of costs -- Provision of items or services without approval not required.
(a) This part does not expand the coverage required of an insurer under title 56, chapter 7.
(b) A health plan, third-party administrator, or governmental agency may, but is not required to, provide coverage for the cost of an investigational drug, biological product, or device, or the cost of services related to the use of an investigational drug, biological product, or device under this part.
(c) This part does not require any governmental agency to pay costs associated with the use, care, or treatment of a patient with an investigational drug, biological product, or device.
(d) This part does not require any hospital or facility licensed under title 68, chapter 11, or any physician or healthcare provider to provide any items or services unless a request by an eligible patient is approved by the hospital, facility, physician, or healthcare provider.
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