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SB0432 • 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
Reeves, Hicks T
Last action
2025-02-12
Official status
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary does not provide details on other updates to Tennessee's laws regarding healing arts or healthcare provider responsibilities beyond the 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 10 working days to 20 working days after receiving a request.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the time limit for healthcare providers to send patient medical records from 10 working days to 20 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

working days
Days when offices are open and people work, excluding weekends and holidays.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify the consequences if a provider fails to comply with the new time limit.
  • It is still awaiting further action in the Senate Health and Welfare Committee.

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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HOUSE BILL 866
By Hicks T

SENATE BILL 432
By Reeves

SB0432
001405
- 1 -

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.