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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TennCare - As enacted, enacts the \"Ground Ambulance Service Provider Assessment Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71."
+description: "TennCare - As enacted, enacts the \"Ground Ambulance Service Provider Assessment Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "110"
+identifier: "HB 879"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 879 (110)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["TennCare"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Reedy", "Yager"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 55
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2017-02-08"
+last_action: "2017-05-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0cc87ca-51d9-40f1-871f-b00ad69b591d"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0879&GA=110"
+source_hash: "611a373342bc18aad1fb9b2806ba112ee309b34a0ef281b8c4ab787891bd92df"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee HB 879 (110) — TennCare - As enacted, enacts the "Ground Ambulance Service Provider Assessment Act." - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0879.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/29/2017 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- INSURANCE AND BANKING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee 3/8/2017 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- INSURANCE AND BANKING COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/21/2017 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2017 4/13/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/5/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/11/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Reedy — primary (person)
+- Yager — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
+- **2017-02-17** Assigned to s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Insurance and Banking Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
+- **2017-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-03-06** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
+- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Insurance and Banking Committee for 3/14/2017
+- **2017-03-08** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
+- **2017-03-14** Action def. in Insurance and Banking Committee to 3/21/2017
+- **2017-03-14** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/21/2017
+- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Insurance and Banking Committee for 3/21/2017
+- **2017-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
+- **2017-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-03-21** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2017-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/29/2017
+- **2017-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
+- **2017-03-29** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-29** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
+- **2017-04-04** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/11/2017
+- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
+- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2017
+- **2017-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2017
+- **2017-04-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2017-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-04-17** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2017-04-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0320)
+- **2017-04-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0150)
+- **2017-04-19** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-04-20** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2017-04-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2017-04-20** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2017-04-20** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0136) `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2017-04-20** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2017-04-24** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2017-04-25** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2017-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2017-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 258
+- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 258
+- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 05/02/2017; 07/01/2017
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0cc87ca-51d9-40f1-871f-b00ad69b591d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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