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HB1836 • 2026

TennCare

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68 and Title 71, relative to TennCare.

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Sponsor
Hale, Bailey
Last action
2026-04-08
Official status
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how the remaining funds will be handled beyond June 30, 2026.

TennCare Ambulance Reimbursement Increase

This bill changes how much money TennCare pays ambulance services for their work and removes some old rules about ambulance payments.

What This Bill Does

  • Increases the amount of money that TennCare will pay to ambulance providers from 67.5% to 110% of what Medicare allows.
  • Removes a part of Tennessee law called the Ground Ambulance Service Provider Assessment Act.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Ambulance service providers who work with TennCare.

Terms To Know

TennCare
The state's Medicaid program that provides health care to low-income people in Tennessee.
Medicare
A federal health insurance program for people over 65 and those with certain disabilities.

Limits and Unknowns

  • It is not clear how much more money this will cost the state or federal government.
  • The bill does not specify what happens to the leftover money in the fund if it is not used by a certain time.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026

  2. 2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed behind the budget

  3. 2026-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/25/2026

  4. 2026-03-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  5. 2026-03-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  6. 2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  7. 2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  8. 2026-03-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

  9. 2026-03-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  10. 2026-03-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  11. 2026-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/3/2026

  12. 2026-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/4/2026

  13. 2026-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/4/2026

  14. 2026-02-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/25/2026

  15. 2026-02-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee

  16. 2026-02-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Tenncare Subcommittee for 2/17/2026

  17. 2026-02-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  18. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Tenncare Subcommittee

  19. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee

  20. 2026-01-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  21. 2026-01-22 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  22. 2026-01-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  23. 2026-01-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  24. 2026-01-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 1805
By Bailey

HOUSE BILL 1836
By Hale
HB1836
011235
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68
and Title 71, relative to TennCare.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 71-5-165(a), is amended by deleting
"sixty-seven and one-half percent (67.5%)" and substituting "one hundred and ten percent
(110%)".
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 71-5-165(b), is amended by deleting
the subsection.
SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 15, is amended by
deleting the part.
SECTION 4. Any funds remaining in the ambulance service assessment revenue fund
created pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated, § 71-5-1508(a), after June 30, 2026, must
remain in the fund until expended or disbursed in accordance with Tennessee Code Annotated,
§ 71-5-1508(f) and (g), as applicable and as existed on June 30, 2026.
SECTION 5. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it.