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Tenn. Code Ann. § 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

Acts 2019, ch. 417, § 1.

(1) A person or an entity commits an offense if the person or entity knowingly: 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.

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

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.