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SB0716 • 2026

Health Care

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to health care.

Healthcare
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Sponsor
Taylor, Miller
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 source does not provide details on how the change will affect health care access or safety net programs, nor does it confirm if the bill will pass all steps and become a law.

Health Care Reporting Deadline Extension

This bill changes when a health care report must be given to lawmakers in Tennessee.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the date by which the commissioner of health must give a yearly report on health care access and safety net issues from January 15 to March 1.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The commissioner of health in Tennessee
  • State agencies involved in health care administration

Terms To Know

safety net program
A system that helps people get medical care when they cannot afford it.
general assembly
The group of elected officials who make laws in Tennessee.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify how the change will affect health care access or safety net programs.
  • It is unclear if this bill will pass all steps and become a law.

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. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 839
By Miller

SENATE BILL 716
By Taylor

SB0716
002892
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49;
Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to health
care.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-1-123, is amended by deleting the
language "January 15 of each year" and substituting instead "March 1 of each year".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.