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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Mental Illness - As enacted, adds community mental health centers to definition of healthcare organization in order to add them to quality improvement committees. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68."
+description: "Mental Illness - As enacted, adds community mental health centers to definition of healthcare organization in order to add them to quality improvement committees. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "110"
+identifier: "SB 1718"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 1718 (110)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Mental Illness"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Farmer", "Stevens"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-01-22"
+last_action: "2018-03-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3ea4d2c-f21f-4728-ad19-1fe1e82790dd"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1718&GA=110"
+source_hash: "5de9c31569d648165ff08aba8172cc5a8eb02239fb3f53b8c418371d0e4ed38a"
+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 SB 1718 (110) — Mental Illness - As enacted, adds community mental health centers to definition of healthcare organization in order to add them to quality improvement committees. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68.
+
+## 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/SB1718.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/5/2018 PASSED (1) — **28–0** (fail) · upper
+- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/28/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/8/2018 PASSED (1) — **92–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Farmer — primary (person)
+- Stevens — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-22** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2018-01-23** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2018-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2018-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2018-01-25** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
+- **2018-01-25** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-30** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/14/2018
+- **2018-02-14** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/21/2018
+- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/20/2018
+- **2018-02-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-20** Action def. in Health Committee to 2/27/2018
+- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/28/2018
+- **2018-02-21** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 2/28/2018
+- **2018-02-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/27/2018
+- **2018-02-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-28** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/1/2018
+- **2018-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2018-03-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/8/2018
+- **2018-03-02** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/5/2018
+- **2018-03-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2018-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2018-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2018-03-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2018-03-08** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2018-03-08** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2018-03-08** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2018-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2018-03-08** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2018-03-12** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2018-03-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2018-03-13** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2018-03-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-03-26** Pub. Ch. 593
+- **2018-03-26** Effective date(s) 03/22/2018
+- **2018-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 593
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3ea4d2c-f21f-4728-ad19-1fe1e82790dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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