| TN | HB2940 | Enroll
75% | As introduced, enacts the "TennCare for Working Individuals with Disabilities Act." - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Signed by H. Speaker |
| TN | HB1826 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires TennCare coverage of rapid whole genome sequencing when certain clinical criteria are met. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | HB1988 | Intro
25% | As introduced, extends the nursing home annual assessment fee to June 30, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 10.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | HB1723 | Intro
25% | As introduced, enacts the "Annual Coverage Assessment Act of 2024," which requires each covered hospital licensed as of July 1, 2024 to pay an annual coverage assessment for FY 2024-2025 of a certain percentage of the covered hospital's annual covera...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Comp. SB subst. |
| TN | HB2921 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires all TennCare health benefit plans to provide coverage and reimbursement for mental health services and treatment to the same extent that the plans provide coverage and reimbursement for the treatment of alcoholism and drug dep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | HB0416 | Intro
25% | As introduced, directs the bureau to establish, by January 1, 2024, a statewide program of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE) to provide comprehensive, integrated acute and long-term care services for qualifying frail, elderly individuals who ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| TN | HB1998 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the bureau to reimburse certain public or private ground-based ambulance services that bill for transports at a rate not less than 67.5 percent of the federal medicare program's allowable charge for participating providers for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| TN | HB2051 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the bureau to reimburse a public or private air ambulance service that bills for transports and has a base of operations in this state that provides a covered emergency or nonemergency service to a TennCare recipient at a rate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| TN | HB2211 | Intro
25% | As introduced, establishes TennCare minimum and maximum reimbursement rate levels for rural hospitals and requires that the reimbursement rate is based on the rural hospital's current federal fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| TN | HB2490 | Intro
25% | As introduced, establishes separate reimbursement rates for ground-based rural ambulance services and urban ambulance services provided to TennCare recipients; allows for certain rural ambulance service providers to receive emergency medical services...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| TN | HB2461 | Pass | As enacted, directs the bureau to amend existing or promulgate new rules by December 31, 2024, to allow for the reimbursement of qualifying remote ultrasound procedures and remote fetal nonstress tests utilizing established CPT codes for such procedu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 674 |
| TN | HB2445 | Intro
25% | 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 f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| TN | HB0916 | Engross
50% | As introduced, extends, from January 15 to February 1 of each calendar year, the due date of the annual report required to be submitted by the bureau of TennCare to certain legislative committees on the use and cost of opioids and other controlled su...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
Failed to pass Senate, Ayes 14, Nays 12, PNV 3 |
| TN | HB2022 | Pass | As enacted, extends the ground ambulance service annual assessment to June 30, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 7; Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024 |
| TN | HB1939 | Pass | As enacted, prohibits certain individuals from being considered ineligible to receive payment for providing TennCare medicaid-reimbursed home- and community-based long-term care services to an individual eligible to receive such services on the basis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
Effective date(s) 03/27/2024 |
| TN | HB0404 | Fail | As introduced, removes the requirement that the governor receive authorization by the general assembly prior to making any decision or obligating the state with regard to the expansion of optional enrollment in the medical assistance program. - Amend...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
Failed in s/c Insurance Subcommittee of Insurance Committee |
| TN | HB1650 | Intro
25% | As introduced, extends, from February 1, to March 1, the annual date by which the bureau of TennCare and the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities are required to issue an annual joint report to the insurance committee of the hous...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Insurance Subcommittee of Insurance Committee |
| TN | HB1691 | Pass | As enacted, requires compliance with federal law regarding third-party liability. - Amends TCA Section 71-05-117.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
Effective date(s) 03/07/2024 |
| TN | HB2259 | Intro
25% | As introduced, directs the governor to seek a new TennCare waiver within 180 days of the effective date of this act to provide medical assistance coverage for the same population groups and services as the Insure Tennessee proposal; clarifies that th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Insurance Subcommittee of Insurance Committee |
| TN | HB2557 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires that on and after July 1, 2025, a minor child who is enrolled in TennCare or the CoverKids program remains eligible for TennCare or the CoverKids program until the minor child reaches six years of age; prohibits the bureau fro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
Taken off notice for cal. in Insurance Committee |
| TN | HB2701 | Intro
25% | As introduced, prohibits a TennCare enrollee from staying in an emergency department or emergency room facility for more than 72 hours without medical necessity; imposes penalties on TennCare and managed care organizations for causing an enrollee’s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Insurance Subcommittee of Insurance Committee |
| TN | HB2779 | Fail | As introduced, authorizes the governor to expand medicaid for mental health prevention and treatment pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; authorizes the governor to negotiate with the federal centers for medicare and me...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
Failed in s/c Insurance Subcommittee of Insurance Committee |
| TN | HB2214 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires that on and after July 1, 2025, a minor who is enrolled in TennCare medicaid or the CoverKids program remains eligible for TennCare medicaid and the CoverKids program until the minor reaches 18 years of age; prohibits the bure...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Insurance Subcommittee of Insurance Committee |
| TN | HB2631 | Intro
25% | As introduced, directs the bureau to establish a temporary TennCare benefits program to provide medical assistance on a temporary basis to certain individuals who do not qualify for enrollment in TennCare, CoverKids, or a successor program; requires ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Insurance Subcommittee of Insurance Committee |
| TN | HB2463 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires TennCare coverage of treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS) and pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS). - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56 and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | HB2424 | Intro
25% | As introduced, enacts the "TennCare for Working Individuals with Disabilities Act." - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee |
| TN | HB2734 | Intro
25% | As introduced, removes the requirement that the governor receive authorization by the general assembly prior to making any decision or obligating the state with regard to the expansion of optional enrollment in the medical assistance program. - Amend...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. |
| TN | HB1611 | Intro
25% | As introduced, enacts the "TennCare for Working Individuals with Disabilities Act." - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
Withdrawn. |
| TN | HB1738 | Intro
25% | As introduced, authorizes the governor to expand medicaid eligibility solely for the purpose of providing gun violence prevention services. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee |
| TN | HB7014 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the commissioner of finance and administration to obtain a TennCare new demonstration waiver or amendment to provide medical assistance to members who are receiving care in an institution for mental diseases. - Amends TCA Sect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-22
Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee of 1st Extraordinary Session |
| TN | HB7069 | Fail | As introduced, authorizes the governor to expand medicaid for mental health prevention and treatment pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; authorizes the governor to negotiate with the federal centers for medicare and me...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-22
Failed in s/c Insurance Subcommittee of Insurance Committee |
| TN | HB7082 | Intro
25% | As introduced, changes the date by which managed care organizations participating in the TennCare program must submit an annual report related to coverage of mental health treatment from March 1 to March 15. - Amends TCA Title 71.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-22
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. |
| TN | HB7065 | Intro
25% | As introduced, directs the bureau of TennCare to submit to the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services an application for a research and demonstration waiver under Section 1115 of the federal Social Security Act to provide housing solution...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-22
Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee of 1st Extraordinary Session |
| TN | HB0493 | Pass | As enacted, extends the nursing home annual assessment fee to June 30, 2024. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 10.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-19
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023 |
| TN | HB0152 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Annual Coverage Assessment Act of 2023." - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-02
Effective date(s) 04/25/2023, 06/30/2023 |
| TN | HB0425 | Intro
25% | As introduced, extends eligibility for medical assistance under the TennCare program to a woman for a period up to 12 months after the date on which the woman’s pregnancy ends in live birth if the child meets the eligibility requirements for the Co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-18
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| TN | HB0893 | Pass | As enacted, extends the ground ambulance service annual assessment to June 30, 2024; makes certain changes to the methodology used to calculate the assessment. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 7; Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-18
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 101 |
| TN | HB0895 | Pass | As enacted, clarifies that the Medical Assistance Act of 1968 does not require a vendor, healthcare provider, or telehealth provider group that provides healthcare services exclusively via telehealth to have a physical address or site in this state i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-28
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 55 |
| TN | HB0371 | Pass | As enacted, prohibits the state from filing certain claims seeking recovery against the estates of deceased ABLE account beneficiaries. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 4, Part 8.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-23
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 44 |
| TN | HB0332 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the bureau to contract with at least one managed care organization that is partnered with a provider participation entity; establishes eligibility requirements for such entities to contract with TennCare; prohibits TennCare fr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21
Taken off notice for cal. in Insurance Committee |
| TN | HB0362 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the bureau to conduct an annual review of all medications and forms of treatment for lupus, and services for enrollees with a diagnosis of lupus that are eligible for coverage under the medical assistance program; requires the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Insurance Subcommittee of Insurance Committee |
| TN | HB0360 | Intro
25% | As introduced, extends, from 60 days to 12 months, the period of postpartum coverage for pregnant women who meet certain medical assistance eligibility requirements in accordance with provisions of the American Rescue Plan. - Amends TCA Title 4 and T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Insurance Subcommittee of Insurance Committee |
| TN | HB0953 | Intro
25% | As introduced, clarifies that protocols developed using evidence-based medicine and authorized by the bureau be made available to TennCare providers and managed care organizations on the bureau's website; requires updates or revisions to such protoco...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Insurance Subcommittee of Insurance Committee |
| TN | HB0762 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the bureau to ensure that providers of adult day care services are reimbursed based upon the amount of services that are authorized on behalf of the eligible adult, and without regard for the eligible adult's attendance or abs...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Insurance Subcommittee of Insurance Committee |
| TN | HB1087 | Fail | As introduced, directs the bureau to establish a temporary TennCare benefits program to provide medical assistance on a temporary basis to certain individuals who do not qualify for enrollment in TennCare, CoverKids, or a successor program; requires ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21
Failed in s/c Insurance Subcommittee of Insurance Committee |
| TN | HB1402 | Fail | As introduced, authorizes the governor to expand medicaid pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; authorizes the governor to negotiate with the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services to determine the terms of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21
Failed in s/c Insurance Subcommittee of Insurance Committee |
| TN | HB1443 | Intro
25% | As introduced, removes the prohibition on the governor expanding optional enrollment in the TennCare program pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unless authorized by joint resolution of the general assembly. - Amends TC...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Insurance Subcommittee of Insurance Committee |
| TN | HB0757 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the bureau to reimburse in-network dental services providers for a dental service provided to a TennCare recipient at a rate that is no less than the amount identified as the national median fee for that dental service accordi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-13
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | HB0576 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the bureau to establish a pilot program during the 2024-2025 fiscal year to provide payment for doula care services for pregnant women enrolled in the TennCare program who meet certain criteria; authorizes the director to seek...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-02
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | HB0856 | Intro
25% | As introduced, removes an obsolete reference to a nine-person task force that was assigned to review oversight, utilization, and the future need for ICF/MR services and make recommendations to the general assembly and governor by June 30, 2007. - Ame...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-02
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. |
