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SB2186 • 2026

Health Care

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

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Sponsor
Stevens, 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 bill summary does not specify if all healthcare not-for-profit corporations will be allowed to file reports electronically or only those providing services under the Memphis Plan Act of 1991.

Health Care Reporting Changes

This bill allows healthcare not-for-profit corporations to file their annual reports electronically with the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes a law so that health care not-for-profit groups can now send in their yearly report by email or online instead of on paper.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Healthcare not-for-profit corporations providing healthcare services to low-income individuals pursuant to the Memphis Plan Act of 1991
  • The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance

Terms To Know

Not-for-profit corporation
A company that does not aim to make money for its owners but instead uses any profits to help achieve its goals, like providing healthcare.
Annual report
A yearly document a business or organization sends to the government and its members showing how it did over the past year.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill only applies to not-for-profit corporations providing healthcare services to low-income individuals pursuant to the Memphis Plan Act of 1991.
  • It is unclear if other healthcare not-for-profit corporations in Tennessee will be allowed to file reports electronically.

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

  12. 2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  13. 2026-03-03 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  14. 2026-03-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee

  15. 2026-03-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to Insurance Committee - Government Operations for Review

  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

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

  18. 2026-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  19. 2026-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  20. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  21. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  22. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 2170
By Travis

SENATE BILL 2186
By Stevens
SB2186
012042
- 1 -

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.