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HB1930 • 2026

Health Care

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56, relative to health care.

Healthcare
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Sponsor
Vaughan, Watson
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 summary does not provide specific details about the content or timing of future reports beyond the reporting date change.

Health Care Reporting Changes

This bill changes the reporting date for certain health care coverage reports to January 31 each year.

What This Bill Does

  • Updates the requirement for the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance to report on coverage for mental health, alcoholism, and drug dependency by changing the reporting date to January 31 each year.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance

Terms To Know

Department of Commerce and Insurance
A state agency that oversees businesses, insurance, and financial institutions.

Limits and Unknowns

  • It's unclear how this change will affect the content or timing of future reports beyond the specified reporting date.
  • The bill does not specify consequences for missing or submitting a report late.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Amendment 1-0 to HB1930

Plain English: The amendment changes Tennessee law to define what types of health benefit plans are covered under certain regulations, excluding specific types of limited benefit policies from these definitions.

  • Defines 'health benefit plan' to include hospital or medical expense policies and excludes certain limited benefit policies such as disability income, accident only, long-term care, Medicare supplement, and others.
  • Specifies that health insurers must comply with network adequacy standards before offering a health benefit plan and maintain an updated directory of participating providers.
  • The amendment text is truncated at the end, so some details about the full scope of changes are not available.
Amendment 1-0 to SB2067

Plain English: The amendment changes Tennessee law to define what types of health benefit plans are covered under certain regulations, excluding specific types of limited benefit policies from these definitions.

  • Defines 'health benefit plan' to include hospital or medical expense policies and excludes several types of limited benefit policies such as disability income, accident only, long-term care, Medicare supplement, and others.
  • Specifies that health insurers must comply with network adequacy standards before offering a health benefit plan and maintain an updated directory of participating providers.
  • The amendment text is truncated at the end, so some details about the full scope of changes are not available.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  2. 2026-04-07 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 5, Nays 4 PNV 0

  3. 2026-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  4. 2026-03-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  5. 2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed behind the budget

  6. 2026-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  7. 2026-03-17 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  8. 2026-03-17 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  9. 2026-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  10. 2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/17/2026

  11. 2026-03-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in Insurance Committee to 3/17/2026

  12. 2026-03-10 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  13. 2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/10/2026

  14. 2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  15. 2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  16. 2026-03-03 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  17. 2026-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/4/2026

  18. 2026-02-24 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  19. 2026-02-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Reset on Final calendar of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

  20. 2026-02-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee

  21. 2026-02-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to Insurance Committee

  22. 2026-02-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/24/2026

  23. 2026-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  24. 2026-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  25. 2026-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  26. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  27. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  28. 2026-01-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  29. 2026-01-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 2067
By Watson

HOUSE BILL 1930
By Vaughan
HB1930
011697
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56,
relative to health care.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 56-7-2360(e), is amended by
deleting "and each year thereafter" and substituting instead "and each January 31 thereafter".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.