Controlled Substances - As enacted, clarifies that a substance that is approved by the U.S. food and drug administration and designated or scheduled under federal law by a final order published in the Federal Register is generally considered to be in the same schedule as such substance is designated or scheduled under the federal schedule of controlled substances after the expiration of 30 days from the date of publication of the final order; authorizes a licensed healthcare prescriber who is...

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The bill makes any medication approved by the FDA and placed on a federal controlled‑substance schedule automatically become a Tennessee‑scheduled drug 30 days after the federal order. It also allows licensed prescribers to prescribe those drugs if other criteria are satisfied, and requires the health department to report FDA‑approved women’s‑health medications by Jan. 1 2027. The goal is to streamline prescribing and improve state oversight of new drugs.

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