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HB0984 • 2026

Health Care

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 37; Title 44; Title 47; Title 49; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to health.

Healthcare
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Sponsor
Warner, Pody
Last action
2025-02-10
Official status
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details about the content of the reports or updates to other parts of Tennessee’s health-related laws beyond the reporting deadline change.

Health Care Reporting Deadline Extension

This bill changes the deadline for reporting health data from March 1 to April 1.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the deadline for reporting health data from March 1 to April 1.

Who It Names or Affects

  • State officials who receive the reports
  • Hospitals that must send the reports

Terms To Know

De-identified aggregate claims data
Information from patient records without personal details, showing trends in health care.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how the deadline change will affect hospitals.
  • It is unclear if this change will improve or worsen public health outcomes.

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

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

  3. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  4. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  5. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  6. 2025-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 839
By Pody

HOUSE BILL 984
By Warner

HB0984
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33;
Title 37; Title 44; Title 47; Title 49; Title 53; Title 63
and Title 68, relative to health.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-1-108(f), is amended by deleting
"March 1" and substituting "April 1".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.