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From YouTube: House - Cities & Counties Subcommittee - March 16, 2021
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House Cities & Counties Subcommittee House Hearing Room 3
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You
have
a
quorum.
Thank
you,
mr
clerk.
We
do
have
a
quorum.
Do
any
members
have
any
personal
orders
I'd
like
to
recognize
anyone
seeing
none
we'll
start
with
their
first
bill
house
bill
772
by
leader,
lamberth,
presented
by
representative
russell.
Without
objection,
this
bill
will
be
rolled
one
week.
Hearing
no
objection
house
bill.
772
is
rolled
one
week
next.
Bill
is
house
bill
1529
by
chairman
powers.
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Mr
chairman,
what
this
bill
does
is
afford
municipalities,
counties
to
use
contract
licensed
health
care
providers
such
as
psychiatric
psychological
persons,
and
these
persons
are
being
contracted,
they're,
not
agents
of
the
counties,
and
as
a
result
of
that,
we're
asking
that
this
what
the
bill
does
is.
Actually
this
does
not
create
an
action
for
an
individual
to
seek
action
against
the
county
if
they're
in
this
instance,
if
they're
not
hired
for
a
an
employment,
I
can
give
more
detail
if
you
like,
sir.
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Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
Now
let
me
make
sure
I
understand
this.
Somebody
had
applied
for
a
job
with
chattanooga
or
hamilton
county
hamilton,
county
hamilton
county
and
when
they
had
a
review
by
a
professional
psychological
person
they
were
deemed
unfit
for
the
job,
correct,
representative,
keem.
Okay,
I'm
sorry.
Let's.
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So
I
I'm
not
a
lawyer,
but
my
son
is
and
I've
stayed
in
holidays
press,
but
I
really
don't
believe
this
adequately
addresses
that,
because,
whether
a
direct
employee
or
a
contract
employee,
I
don't
think
the
county
is
going
to
get
out
of
any
liability
by
this,
but
just
my
opinion.
Thank
you,
sir
representative.
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If
it's
acceptable,
mr
chairman,
it
there's
been
some
a
lot
of
confusion
this
morning.
If
I
may,
we've
contacted
various
members
of
the
committee
about
talking
with
them
over
the
next
week,
but,
like
I
said,
I
got
a
call
just
minutes
before
I
came
in
here.
That
says
I
have
a
bill
and
I
need
to
be
here
and
what
I'm
getting
at
is
representative.
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Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
Thank
you
committee.
This
bill
makes
government
work
better
by
removing
an
unnecessarily
filing
requirement
for
municipalities
and
utility
districts.
Under
current
law,
municipalities,
utility
districts
are
required
to
file
their
travel
and
expense
reimbursement
policies
with
the
comptroller's
office.
These
filing
requirements
are
already
being
checked
for
compliance
through
an
annual
audit
report.
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Thank
you,
mr
chairman
and
committee.
I
think
we
all
know
in
the
absence
of
of
chairman
carter.
He
would
wax
and
wayne
much
more
eloquently
on
this,
but
this
is
a
technical
cleanup
to
a
bill
that
very
passionately
that
chairman
carter
has
worked
on.
The
language
that
was
submitted
in
this
amendment
will
not
make
anything
more
than
some
to
align
definitions,
and,
if
I
might,
at
the
pleasure
of
the
the
chairman,
expound
a
little
more
on
the
bill
in
full
without.
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The
only
remedy
that
a
local
government
had
was
to
sue
its
own
employees,
which
is
absolutely
not
what
there
is
ever
an
intention
to
do.
Should
there
be
a
claim,
so,
chairman
carter
took
a
took
the
large
task
of
taking
a
language
from
the
tenncare
subrogation
law
and
moved
it
into
a
fix
for
local
governments,
which
I
do
believe
there's
a
number
about
13
that
are
self-insured
in
the
state
of
tennessee.
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What
has
become
apparent
and
the
fix
that
is
in
this
law
is
to
make
sure
that
we
identify,
through
definition,
the
difference
between
those
self-insured
under
a
local
government
entity,
as
opposed
to
those
insured
under
the
tenncare
under
a
a
indigent
type
program,
and
essentially
it
just
makes
that
distinction,
mr
chairman
and
I'll,
be
happy
to
take
questions.
But
this
again
is
just
a
cleanup
bill
that
will
protect
the
13
self-insured
counties.
To
have
this
ability
to
recover.
Have
rights
of
recovery
and
subrogation.
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Thank
you,
chairman
members
of
committee,
this
this
this
amendment,
which
makes
the
bill
deals
with
gatherings
in
our
homes
and
place
of
worship.
I
think
statewide.
We
did
a
great
job
with
this
during
the
last
year.
I
commend
our
governor
as
well
as
members
of
general
assembly
and
the
stances
we
took.
However,
there
were
some
very
isolated
areas
in
this
state
where
people's
rights
were
revoked
and
gatherings
in
their
homes
and
place
of
worship
were
limited.
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They
were
bullied,
they
were
threatened
and
members,
I
think,
that's,
not
acceptable
in
any
way.
This
does
affect
my
district.
I
border
a
joining
district
in
which
a
lot
of
my
constituents
worshiped
in
that
area
and
this
piece
of
legislation
came
to
me
directly
from
them
with
that.
I
think
we
have
testimony
chairman.
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First,
let
me
join
representative
ogles
in
thanking
our
governor
for
not
mandating
restrictions
on
worship,
as
other
governors
have.
Second,
I
want
to
say
that
I
understand
why
some
would
disagree
with
me
about
the
importance
of
this
bill.
If
I
believed
that
matter
itself
is
ultimate
reality,
worship
would
be
nonsense.
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The
rights
of
the
majority
should
prevail
if
corporate
worship
might
work
some
disadvantage
to
them,
but
I,
along
with
many
other
tennesseans,
believe
in
a
triune
god,
who
has
being
in
himself,
therefore
lacks
nothing,
is
dependent
on
nothing
and
who
therefore
created
all
things
simply
for
the
sake
of
his
glory
and
in
a
way
that
was
intended
to
reveal
and
manifest
to
us
his
glory.
As
isaiah
said,
the
whole
earth
is
full
of
his
glory.
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Therefore,
in
corporate
worship,
those
who
have
been
joined
together
in
christ
have
a
tangible
view
of
that
final
and
eternal
state
in
which
the
apostle
paul
said.
There's
neither
greek
nor
jew,
circumcised
or
uncircumcised
barbarians
sit.
The
enslave
nor
free,
but
christ
is
all
in
all
and
therefore
corporate
worship
is
part
of
human
flourishing.
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Thank
you,
chairman
members
of
committee.
I
actually
received
some
text
messages
as
we
were
sitting
that
were
some
technical
questions,
and
I
think
it's
pertinent
that
we
discussed
that
with
the
committee
members
and
I
clarify
a
couple
questions
I
was
asked
therefore,
can
if
it's
okay
with
the-
and
this
is
my
first
bill
and
I
do
like
chocolate
ice
cream
so.
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Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
thank
you
committee.
This
is
a
narrowly
defined
bill
relative
to
only
emergency
rescue
workers.
It
adds
to
the
existing
list
of
infectious
diseases
that
are
presumed
to
be
on-the-job
illnesses
during
the
rare
instance
where
there
is
a
pandemic
for
which
a
state
of
emergency
emergency
has
been
declared
emergency
rescue
workers
are
defined
in
our
state
code
as
any
person
employed
full
time
by
the
state
or
any
political
subdivision
as
a
firefighter
paramedic
or
emergency
medical
technician.
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Ems
excuse
me.
These
public
employees
are
specifically
defined
because
they
provide
emergency
medical
aid
to
the
public
in
the
regular
course
of
their
employment.
Without
the
protections
available
in
a
typical
health
care
setting
like
a
hospital
or
emergency
room
and
because
they
are
exposed
to
infectious
diseases
while
providing
emergency
lifesaving
medical
aid
to
the
public.
There
is
existing
statute
that
provides
for
workers
compensation
for
these
infectious
diseases.
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A
Thank
you
sponsor
any
questions
on
the
bills
from
members
discussion
on
the
bill,
question
being
called.
Is
there
objection
to
the
question
hearing?
No
objection,
we're
voting
on
house
bill
553
all
in
favor,
say
aye
opposed,
say
no
house
bill
553
moves
the
next
available
calendar
local
government.
Thank.