TN HB2445 | 2023-2024 | 113th General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-17 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 30 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-17 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Summary
As introduced, enacts "Emma's Bill," which requires that when making a determination of medical necessity, the bureau shall take into consideration the patient's overall condition and use such overall condition as a factor to determine the level of funding and what medical items and services the patient receives, even if such determination does not result in the least costly course of diagnosis or treatment. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71.
Title
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 71, relative to TennCare.
Sponsors
| Rep. Rebecca Alexander [R] | Rep. Tim Hicks [R] | Rep. Esther Helton-Haynes [R] | Rep. Iris Rudder [R] |
| Rep. Susan Lynn [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-17 | House | Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| 2024-04-11 | House | Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/16/2024 |
| 2024-04-08 | House | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| 2024-03-06 | House | Placed behind the budget |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/6/2024 |
| 2024-02-21 | House | Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee |
| 2024-02-20 | House | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| 2024-02-20 | House | Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| 2024-02-14 | House | Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 2/20/2024 |
| 2024-02-13 | House | Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee |
| 2024-02-07 | House | Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 2/13/2024 |
| 2024-02-06 | House | Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee |
| 2024-02-01 | House | P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee |
| 2024-01-31 | House | Intro., P1C. |
| 2024-01-30 | House | Filed for introduction |
Same As/Similar To
SB2419 (Crossfiled) 2024-04-19 - Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2024
