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SB1208 • 2026

Health Care

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to health care.

Healthcare
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Yarbro, Freeman
Last action
2025-03-25
Official status
Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how the new reporting requirements will affect healthcare practices, leaving this as an open question.

Health Care Reporting Requirements

This bill changes the frequency of reporting on opioid treatment restrictions from every other year to annually.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the requirement for annual reporting on opioid treatment restrictions from every other year to every year.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The commissioner of health
  • Regulatory boards that license healthcare practitioners
  • The governor
  • Speakers of the Senate and House of Representatives
  • Legislative committees with subject matter jurisdiction over health

Terms To Know

Opioids
Strong pain medicines like morphine, oxycodone, and fentanyl.
Commissioner of Health
The person in charge of Tennessee's Department of Health who oversees public health issues.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This bill did not pass and was stopped by the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee.
  • It is not clear how the new reporting requirements will affect healthcare practices.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee

  2. 2025-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

  3. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/25/2025

  4. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/26/2025

  5. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/26/2025

  6. 2025-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/25/2025

  7. 2025-03-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/18/2025

  8. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/19/2025

  9. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/19/2025

  10. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/18/2025

  11. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/12/2025

  12. 2025-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee

  13. 2025-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to Health Committee

  14. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  15. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  16. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  17. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  18. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  19. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 1049
By Freeman

SENATE BILL 1208
By Yarbro

SB1208
003236
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8;
Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; 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 63-1-164(f), is amended by deleting
"even-numbered".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.