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HB0866 • 2026

Health Care

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63 and Title 68, relative to healing arts.

Healthcare
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Sponsor
Hicks T, Reeves
Last action
2025-02-06
Official status
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide details on updates to other parts of Tennessee's healthcare or healing arts laws beyond the specific change in time limit for medical records requests.

Health Care Records Law

This bill changes the time limit for healthcare providers to send patient medical records from ten working days to twenty working days after receiving a request.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the time limit for healthcare providers to send patient medical records from ten working days to twenty working days after receiving a written request.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Healthcare providers in Tennessee
  • Patients who ask for copies of their medical records

Terms To Know

Medical Records
Documents that contain information about a patient's health and treatments.
Authorized Representative
A person chosen by the patient to act on their behalf, like getting medical records.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify consequences for healthcare providers who do not comply with this new rule.
  • It is unclear when exactly this law will start since it depends on becoming official.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee

  2. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  3. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  4. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  5. 2025-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  6. 2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 432
By Reeves

HOUSE BILL 866
By Hicks T

HB0866
001405
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63
and Title 68, relative to healing arts.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-2-101(a)(1), is amended by
deleting the language "ten (10)" and substituting instead the language "twenty (20)".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.