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SB0604 • 2026

Insurance, Health, Accident

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 56, relative to pharmacy services.

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Sponsor
Bailey, Travis
Last action
2026-04-07
Official status
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on enforcement mechanisms or penalties for non-compliance.

Pharmacy Information Protection Act

This bill requires organizations receiving certain pharmacy information from contracted pharmacies to destroy that information within five business days if requested by the sharing pharmacy.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires pharmacy services administrative organizations or similar entities not to disclose received pharmacy information to third parties.
  • Requires these organizations to destroy shared pharmacy information within five business days of receiving a written request for destruction from the original sharing pharmacy.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Pharmacy services administrative organizations and similar entities that receive pharmacy information.
  • Contracted pharmacies that share information with these organizations.

Terms To Know

Pharmacy Services Administrative Organization
An organization that manages or processes pharmacy-related data for contracted pharmacies.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if an organization fails to destroy the information within five business days.
  • It is unclear how this law will be enforced or what penalties might apply for non-compliance.

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. 2026-03-10 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  4. 2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  5. 2026-03-03 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  6. 2026-02-24 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  7. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  8. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  9. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee

  10. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee

  11. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  12. 2025-01-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  13. 2025-01-30 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 614
By Travis

SENATE BILL 604
By Bailey

SB0604
002584
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and
Title 56, relative to pharmacy services.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 56-7-3111, is amended by deleting
the last sentence of the section and substituting:
If a pharmacy shares this information with a pharmacy services administrative
organization or similar entity, then that organization or entity:
(1) Shall not disclose the information to a third party; and
(2) Shall comply, within five (5) business days of receipt, with a written
request from the pharmacy that shared the information to destroy the shared
information.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.