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HB0614 • 2026

Insurance, Health, Accident

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 56, relative to pharmacy services.

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Sponsor
Travis, Bailey
Last action
2025-02-05
Official status
Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not specify the consequences for non-compliance by organizations.

Pharmacy Information Protection Act

This bill requires organizations receiving certain pharmacy information from pharmacies to destroy that information within five business days if asked by the pharmacy in writing.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires organizations receiving maximum allowable cost list or related information from a contracted pharmacy to not disclose it to third parties.
  • Limits how long an organization can keep this information after getting a written request for destruction from the sharing pharmacy.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Pharmacies that share information with organizations.
  • Organizations receiving maximum allowable cost list or related information from pharmacies.

Terms To Know

Maximum Allowable Cost List
A list of prices for medicines and other items set by insurance companies or similar groups.
Pharmacy Services Administrative Organization
An organization that manages pharmacy services, such as processing claims or providing information to pharmacies.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if an organization fails to destroy the information.
  • It is unclear how this will affect existing agreements between pharmacies and organizations.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-07 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

  2. 2026-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/7/2026

  3. 2026-03-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/17/2026

  4. 2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/10/2026

  5. 2026-03-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/10/2026

  6. 2026-02-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/3/2026

  7. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

  8. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  9. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee

  10. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee

  11. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  12. 2025-01-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  13. 2025-01-30 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 604
By Bailey

HOUSE BILL 614
By Travis

HB0614
002584
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and
Title 56, relative to pharmacy services.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 56-7-3111, is amended by deleting
the last sentence of the section and substituting:
If a pharmacy shares this information with a pharmacy services administrative
organization or similar entity, then that organization or entity:
(1) Shall not disclose the information to a third party; and
(2) Shall comply, within five (5) business days of receipt, with a written
request from the pharmacy that shared the information to destroy the shared
information.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.