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HB2170 • 2026

Health Care

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56, Chapter 7, relative to health care.

Healthcare
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Sponsor
Travis, Stevens
Last action
2026-03-31
Official status
Re-ref. Insurance Subcommittee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide information on what happens if an organization chooses not to file electronically or how this change will affect other parts of the healthcare system, leaving these points as unknowns.

Health Care Reporting Changes

This bill allows not-for-profit healthcare organizations in Memphis to submit their annual reports electronically.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56, Chapter 7, to allow not-for-profit corporations providing health care services under the Memphis Plan Act of 1991 to file their annual report electronically.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Not-for-profit healthcare corporations in Tennessee that serve low-income individuals according to the Memphis Plan Act of 1991.

Terms To Know

Memphis Plan Act
A law from 1991 that helps not-for-profit organizations provide health care services to people with low income in Memphis, Tennessee.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if an organization chooses not to file electronically.
  • It is unclear how this change will affect other parts of the healthcare system or reporting requirements outside of the Memphis Plan Act.

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. 2026-03-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Re-ref. Insurance Subcommittee

  4. 2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/31/2026

  5. 2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  6. 2026-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/25/2026

  7. 2026-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    No Action Taken

  8. 2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/18/2026

  9. 2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c Insurance Subcommittee to the Final Calendar

  10. 2026-03-10 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  11. 2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/11/2026

  12. 2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  13. 2026-03-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee

  14. 2026-03-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to Insurance Committee - Government Operations for Review

  15. 2026-03-03 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  16. 2026-02-24 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  17. 2026-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  18. 2026-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  19. 2026-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  20. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  21. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  22. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 2186
By Stevens

HOUSE BILL 2170
By Travis
HB2170
012042
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56,
Chapter 7, relative to health care.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 56-7-2003(7), is amended by
deleting "files an annual report" and substituting "files an annual report, which may be filed
electronically,".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.