Health Care - As enacted, allows a healthcare provider to petition a relevant board after completing a peer assistance or treatment program contract to remove information from the public-facing licensure verification website regarding the adverse action and the order by the relevant board after five years from the completion date of that program or contract indicated in such order; authorizes the division of health related boards to promulgate rules to effectuate such petition process. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 63 and Title 68.

HB 657 allows licensed healthcare providers in Tennessee who completed a peer assistance or treatment program after an adverse licensing action to petition their licensing board to remove public records of that action and the related consent order. After successfully finishing the required program, providers can request removal of this information from public licensing websites ten years from the start of their probation period. The licensing boards must review these petitions, and if approved, they remove the information from public view. The Division of Health Related Boards is authorized to create specific rules for this process, following standard administrative procedures. This change directly affects healthcare providers with past disciplinary actions who complete mandated treatment programs.