2023 Tennessee Code
Title 39 - CRIMINAL OFFENSES (§§ 39-1-101 — 39-17-1812)
Chapter 15 - OFFENSES AGAINST THE FAMILY (§§ 39-15-101 — 39-15-514)
Part 5 - FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF AN ELDERLY OR VULNERABLE ADULT (§§ 39-15-501 — 39-15-514)
Section 39-15-513 - Obtaining information concerning medical condition or health of elderly adult - Sending unsolicited or specifically refused medical items - Filing claim or submitting bill with state medicaid plan

• (a) A person or an entity commits an offense if the person or entity knowingly:
  • (1) Uses a telephone or other communication or electronic device to obtain information concerning the medical condition or health of an elderly adult;
  • (2) Sends, or causes to be sent, medical supplies, medical equipment, or medicine to the elderly adult and the items sent are unsolicited or specifically refused; and
  • (3) Files a claim or submits a bill with the state medicaid plan for reimbursement of the value of the equipment, supplies, or medicine sent to the elderly adult.

• (b) Any person who violates this section shall be punished as provided in § 71-5-2601(a)(4).

Added by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 417,s 1, eff. 7/1/2019.