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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, prohibits a health insurer from considering the location where complex rehabilitation technology will be used when making a medical necessity determination; requires health insurers to offer a prior authorization process for complex rehabilitation technology coverage determinations; imposes other related requirements governing coverage for complex rehabilitation technology. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71."
+description: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, prohibits a health insurer from considering the location where complex rehabilitation technology will be used when making a medical necessity determination; requires health insurers to offer a prior authorization process for complex rehabilitation technology coverage determinations; imposes other related requirements governing coverage for complex rehabilitation technology. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "112"
+identifier: "SB 2134"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 2134 (112)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Accident", "Health", "Insurance"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jernigan", "Reeves"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2022-01-27"
+last_action: "2022-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed7544f2-8228-4f71-948b-e1b4183be3f1"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2134&GA=112"
+source_hash: "03718db447dcf8e7acdacf470887a0aa2817a8b403bf49042414a0592b1b8f5f"
+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 2134 (112) — Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, prohibits a health insurer from considering the location where complex rehabilitation technology will be used when making a medical necessity determination; requires health insurers to offer a prior authorization process for complex rehabilitation technology coverage determinations; imposes other related requirements governing coverage for complex rehabilitation technology. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0754** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0754.pdf)
+2. **Amendment SA0690** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0690.pdf)
+3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2134.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 4/14/2022 Passed (1) — **27–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/28/2022 Passed (2) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
+- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1 3/15/2022 Passed (3) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022 3/31/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2022 Passed (1) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
+- INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 3/15/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- HOUSE INSURANCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/22/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jernigan — primary (person)
+- Reeves — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-27** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2022-02-02** Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-02** P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
+- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
+- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
+- **2022-03-08** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/15/2022
+- **2022-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Insurance Subcommittee to 3/15/2022
+- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
+- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
+- **2022-03-15** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
+- **2022-03-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/22/2022
+- **2022-03-22** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022
+- **2022-03-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2022-03-28** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2022-03-28** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0690)
+- **2022-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/31/2022
+- **2022-03-31** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2022-03-31** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022
+- **2022-04-07** Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
+- **2022-04-07** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0754) `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-04-07** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2022-04-07** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2022-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-04-11** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/13/2022
+- **2022-04-13** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/14/2022
+- **2022-04-14** Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0754) `passage`
+- **2022-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2022-04-19** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2022-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2022-04-21** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2022-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-06** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
+- **2022-05-06** Pub. Ch. 973
+- **2022-05-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 973
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed7544f2-8228-4f71-948b-e1b4183be3f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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