(a) If a person supported has communicated to a qualified mental health professional or behavior analyst an actual threat of serious bodily harm or death against a reasonably identifiable victim or victims, then the qualified mental health professional or behavior analyst, using the reasonable skill, knowledge, and care ordinarily possessed and exercised by the qualified mental health professional or behavior analyst's specialty under similar circumstances, who has determined or reasonably should have determined that the person supported has the apparent ability to commit such an act and is likely to carry out the threat unless prevented from doing so, must immediately report the person supported to local law enforcement, who must take appropriate action based upon the information reported.(b) If a mental health professional or behavior analyst is required to report pursuant to subsection (a), then the qualified mental health professional or behavior analyst must report the following information:(1) Complete name and all aliases of the person supported;(2) Name of the mental health professional or behavior analyst and the name of the private or state hospital or treatment resource nformation:(1) Complete name and all aliases of the person supported;(2) Name of the mental health professional or behavior analyst and the name of the private or state hospital or treatment resource from which the individual may be receiving services;(3) Date of birth of the person supported;(4) Race and sex of the person supported; and(5) Social security number of the person supported, if available.(c) The information reported as required by subsection (b), the confidentiality of which may be protected by other law or rules, must be maintained as confidential and not be subject to public inspection pursuant to such laws or rules, except for such use as may be necessary in the conduct of any proceedings pursuant to §§ 39-17-1316, 39-17-1353, and 39-17-1354.Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024.
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